St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 19, Number 41, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 28 April 1894 — Page 7

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At Maren brook everything went pleasantly enough for the plighted lovers. Lord Clanyarde had tilled the house with company, and his youngest daughter hail very little time for reflection or regret upon the subject of her approaching marriage. Everybody congratulated her upon her conquest, and praise I Gilbert Sinclair with such a show of enthusiasm that she began to think he must bo worthier of a warmer regard than she was yet able to feel for him. She told herself that in common gratitude sho was bound to return his affection, and sho tried her utmost to plea o him by a ready submission to all his wishes b it the long drives and rides, in which they were always side by side, were very wearisome to her, nor could his gayest talk of the future, the houses, the yacht, the carriages and horses that we: e to be hers, inspire her w ith any expectation of happiness. They rode ever to Davenant with Lord Clanyarde one morning, and ex- i plored the old house, Gilbert 1 oking at everything in a business-like spirit, which jarred a little upon Constance, remembering that luckless exile who had loved the place so well. Her lover consulted her about the disposition of the rooms, the colors of new draperies, and the stylo of the furniture. “We'll get rid of the gloomy old tapestries and ha> e everything modern and bright," he said; b t Lord Clanyarde pleaded hard for the preservation of the tapestry < n the principal floor, which was very line and in excellent condition. “Oh, very weli,” answ r d Gilbert, carelessly. “In that case we ll keep the tapestry. I suppose the best plan xvill be to get some first-class London man to furnish the ho c e Those fellows always havegoid taste. But of „ course he must defer to you in all mat* ” ters, Constance.” “You are very good,” she returned, listlessly. “But 1 don't think there will be any necessity for my interfer“Dont say that, Constance. That looks as if you were not interested in the subject,” Gilbert said, with rather a discontented air. The listlessness of manner which his betrothed so often displayed was by n » means pleasing to him. There was a disagreeable suspicion growing in his ' mind that Miss (Tanyarde's heart had not quite gone with her acceptanc > of his offer, that family influence had something to d ) with her consent to । become his wife. He was not the 1« ss resolved on this account to hold her to her promise; but his selfish, tyrannical nature resented her coldne-s, an I lie was determined that the balance should be adjusted between them in the future. “Perhaps you don’t like this place, Constance,'' he said, presently, after watching her thoughtful face h r s< ms ; minutes in silence. “Oh. yes, Gilbert, 1 am very fond of Davenant. 1 have known it all my life, you know'. - ’ “Then I wish you would look a little more cheerful al out my intended p ir- . ■chase. I thought it would plea e you j to ha ea country-house so near your , own family.” “And it does please her very much, I am sure, Sinclair,” said Lord Clan- , yarde, with a stealthy frown at his j da ighter. ’She can't fail t) appieeiate the kindne s and delicacy of your choice.” “Papa is quite right. Gilbert.” aided Constance. “I should be very ungrateful if I were not pleased with your i kindness. ” After this sho tried her utmost t > i sustain an appearance of interest in the discussion of furniture and decora- i tions; but every now and then sho found her mind wandering away to { the banished owner of those rooms, ; and she wished that Gilbert Sinclair । had chosen any other habitation upon this earth for her future home. Octolvv enme, and with it the inevitable day which was to wituu^s < n-' wi<-»i-e t eriury from the lip- of abi hie. The wedding took place at the lilt i* village church neat March’nro >k, and was altogether a very brilliant affair, attended by ad the relatives of the ( lanyarde family, who were numerous. 1 and by a great many acquaintances of bride and bridegro'm. Notable among the friends of the latter wa- James Wyatt, the solicitor who had been employed in the drawing up of the marriage settlement, which was a most liberal one, and highly satisfaet ry t> ’ Viscount Clanyarde. Mr. Wyatt made himself excessively agreeable at the' breakfast, and was amazing!;, popular among the bridesmaids. He did not long avail himself of the Marchbrook hospitalises, but went quietly back to town by rail almost imme liate’y after the departure of the newly married couple on their honeymoon trip to the south of Erance. He had an engagement in Half-Moon street that evening at eight o'clock. The neighboring clocks were striking the hour as he knocked at the door. Mrs. Walsingham was quite alone in the drawing-room, and looked unusually pale in the light of the lamps. The solicitor shook his head reproachfully as he pre sed her hand. “This is very sad,” he murmured, in a semi-paternal manner. “You have been worrying yourself all day long, I know. You are as pale as a ghost.” “I sin a little tired, that is all.” “You have b^en out to-day? You

v V' told mo you should not stir from tho house.” “I changed my mind at tho la-t moment. Anything was better than staying at homo keeping the day like a black fast. Besides, I wanted to ter how Gilbert and his bride would look at the altar.” “ You have been down to Kent'?” “Yes; I was behind the curtains of I the , organ-loft. The business was ' easily managed by means of a sever- > eign to the clerk. I wore my plainest I dress and a thick veil, so there was 1 very little risk of detection.” “vVhat folly!" exclaimed Wyatt. “Yes, it was gre it folly, no doubt; ! but it is the nature of women to be | foolish. And now tell me all about the ' wedding. Did Gilbert look very happy?" “Ho looked like a man who has got ■ his own way, and who cares very little what price h > has paid, or may have to pay, for the getting it." “And do you think ho will be happy?"

“Not if his happiness depends on the 1 love of his wife. “Then you don't think sho loves him?” “1 am sura sho does not. I made a study of her face during the ceremony and afterward: and if ever a woman sold herself, or was sold by her people, this woman is guilty of such a bargain.” ; Perhaps you say this to please me," >aid (’ ura. doubtfully. “1 do not, Mrs. Walsingham. I am convinced that this affair has been brought about by Lord Clanyarde's necessities, and not tho young lady's choice. But 1 doubt whether this will make much dilTuiem-, to Gillvert in the long run. He is not amai of tine feelings, you know, and 1 think he will I e satisfied with the fact < f ha\ ing w n tho woman ho wanted to marry. 1 should think matters would go smo< thly enough with him so long as ho has no cause for jeal m-y. lie would be rather an ugly customer if he took it i into his hea l t > b < jealous.” "And you think his life will go smoothly." said Clara, “and that :.e will go on to the end unpunished for his perfidy to me?" “What good would his punishment be to you?” “it would be all the world to mo ” “And if I could bring about the retribution you desire, if it w, r> in mv power t > avenge your wrongs what reward would you give me?” She hesitated for a moment, know, ing there was only one rewar 1 h • was likely to claim from her. “If you were a jamr man, I would Offer you two-thirds of my fortune," she said. “But yon kn >w that I am r. t a p x>r man. If I can come to you some day, and tell you that Gilbert SirclMrand his wife are parted forever, will you accept me for your hiisban 1?" "Yes." sho answered suddenly; “break tho knot U'tween the e two; let mo le as ured that he has I<„> the woman 'or who-e sake he jilb d m<’, anil i will refuse yon nnthinv * 'Consider It done. There is nothing in tho world I would not achieve u> win you for my wife." <ll HTKK V H •■aRKKX-KrKn J»AIo: «T “ It was not till early spring tl-..v Mr. and Mrs. Sinclair ret irued '.<> i. gl.i: I. They had spent the winter in Hom", where Gilbert had fe i ;d s me ,• .... genial frio' d-. and wive t ... • > i had Ivon occupied in or. • p -:u : .a round of gayety and dissl; ad >n. i .m---stame ha 1 shewn a g: a' i ts* ■ ■ • ■ Ipb asure sine * her ma-: iag • Sh-. 1 s-e.’ o 1 to know n > we i i e s o' \ . :t Ing and being visit <l. and p- > p <> who ' remem! cred her in her gir'.i-., days ; were surnri-e I to find a La: a Lr :■ ... h woma iof the wm ld -e ai » c • l Nor was Gilß'rl disple i-. . • .a' .' w.,-l-o. He liked 1 co hi >v. f ■ ■ ; . ~ i prominent ]Hi<t;. n in -o. .■ • . a: • I ing n > taste him o f f. r • •■ : .■ ,of th.' domestic hearth, lie w.i- n th. r I surprised nor vexed by t •’ .-'a:.. <> I indifference to her home. 1 f> e- t would l>o al different iLv nan’. I Park: there would bo pient. of h* m • ■ life there a little t o mu. , p< : imp-. Gilbert thought, with a y : • . i They ha I Iwen married ;. irly 'our mouths, and there had n o b en t • 'shadow <>f a disagreono r etae-ci Itl cm. C< nstaneo's manner : • c• a--hand vas amiability it-e!f si treated him a little de haut en has ;• is true, male her own plans for t e :m^t : a-t without reference to him. ar i graI eiously informed him of he- arrangej ments after they were c. mulct -d. But । then, on tho other hand. >h m■. ■•< b- । jected t? his di-po-al of his time, was i never exacting, < r ealous or capri- ' clous, as Clara Walsingham had b en. • she was always agreeable to 1.- | friends, and was eminently popular । with all of them: so'dllx-rt tsinclair was. upon the whole. ]>erfee*I■ sat isfied with the result of his marria.o. and hid no fear of e\ 11 davs in the future. What .lame- Wy nt» ha 1 -nil of with sen t lie feelings and tha' - : -e of something wanting in - ch a .. n. which w uld have di-t >rb--<l : e u :: ,1 ' of a md 1 t man, di.l n t •. I They t eturned to England mv yin February, an I went a - on to I»a- .-u ant. which had been 'u :s ,■ ;1 >_■ modern media val sty'., l l>v a We-t I nd uph ds erer. The-fa’’ of -tvic • hal b.-en prov Med bv Ladv • :an\ a- de wl a ■had be-towod -‘nu.-h'paiu. ard ab I upon the task of election, bit’prlv bewailing the degeneracy of the rack -lie had t > deal with during •: e p Tformanee of this ditlh u t » rvic \ All wa^ reidv when Mr ami Mr-. Sinclair arirhe l. A pompous hi itsekt cper ~im-| pered and eourtesied in the hall; an ; accomplished cook hovered tenderlv I • over the roasts and the -t iwq a ;s in ! the great kitchen; house-maids in > । smart caps tlitt d about the na.s-ages j and poked the fires in bed-room s and I I dressing-room ; , bath-r. o.ns ami morn- ' ing-room, eager io get ati ca -iy look at I their new lady: a butler or th t usual I clerical appearance ushered the way ■| to the lamp-lit drawing-room, while I ■ two ponderous footmen conveyed the • I rugs and news papers and m r, eco bags j from the carriage, leaving all the j i j heavier luggage t » the care of tin- । : j known underlings attache! t> the I I i stable department. Mr. and Mrs, Sin- I clair dined alone up >n this first eveuI ing of their return, under the inspe<* i ; tion of t ic clerical butler and the two

_ ponderous footmen. They talked chiefly about the homo, which rooms were most successful in their new arrangement, and so on: a little about what they had been doing in Rome; r<nd a little about their plans for the next month, what guests were to be invited, and what rooms they wore to occupy. It was all the most matter of-fact conventional talk, but the three men retired with the impression that Gilbert Sinclair and his wife were a very nappy couple, and reported to that effect in tho house-keeper’s room and the serv* ants’ hall. I'e'i re the w. ek hi d < nded the great |h< use was full of c< mj any. That feverish des're for gayety and change which h; d seep d- a part of Constant e's I m u o since rer m iri iage in no way ■ subsided cn her arriv.l at Davenant. She app< ar d to exist for pleasure, and pleasure oa’y, and her guests decla ed i i o • the most charming hoste s that eve • reigned ove ■ a country house. Lav’s i as he was, Mr. 1-inclair opened his eyes to their widest extent when 1 he perceived his wife’s tapaeity for i s; ending mi noy. "It’s rather lucky f>r you that you didn't marry a t oor man, ('instance,” ho said, with a boast ul laugh. Sho looked at him for a moment with a strange expression, and then turned very pale. “1 should m t have Loen afia d to face poverty," she -aid, "if it had loon my late to dt)so." “It you con'd have faced it with the man you liked, oh, < •onntimee? about what you mean, isn't it?” “Is thit intended for a complaint. Gilbert?" his wife asked in her coldest tones. •Have i ten spending too much money?" "No, no: I*didn't in an that. I was only c ngrat dating you upon your tltie<s for the position of a rich man's wife.” This was tho fir t little outbreak of ealousy of which Gilbert Sinclair had been guilty. Eo knew that his wife did not 1 ive him, that his conquest had been achieved through tho inlluenco of her family, an I he wa» alm st angry with himself f r being so fend of her. 1 e could not so -et those vague hints th t had been dr< pped air ut Sir Cvprian Davenant, a was tormented with tho idea 11. at Jam s WyiiU knew a great deal more t an he him revealed on this point. This hidden jealousy hal b en at th > Imttem of tie purcha eof the Davenant estnt». Ho took a savage <ielight m reigning ever the the little kingd< m from whienhis rival had b en deposed. Among the visitors from L< n lon appea ed Mr. Wyatt, always unebtrusivo, ami always useful. He c ntrivo l t »ingratiato himsMf very rapidly in Mrs. Sinclair's favor, and eitauliunod himself as a kind of nd^utmt in her household corps, always readv with alvlcel ujon every soc ial subje-t 4 from the costumes in a tableau vi'-ant to the com;>oMtion of the menu fcr a dinnerparty. < onstance did not p irticularly j like him; but sh • lived i i a world in i which it is not necessary to have a very ! sincere regar i for on- - pc piaintance, I and she considered him an agreeable p rson. much t» oo preferred to the gene.aity of her husband* chosen com pan ion q wh > were men without a thought beyond the hunting field and race-course. Mr. Wyatt, on his part, a little surprUixt to w'o the manner in which I^ord ( lanyard' i daugh’er filled her new j* si.ion, th ■ un'aliing vivacity which *h« dUp’n eff p* th« js rs nn. her <1 .tn • a- a h / les*, an! the excellent terms upon which she appcare I to live with her hustand He wa* accustomed, h »werer, to look l«>- | ow the «urfa e of thing-, and by ths I ’ lu. ha 1 I- ■ a at I Davetmut ho had el*- ovem-d that all | thi* b-ightno.s and gayety on the part e* th'- wife ii..ii nte lan art ‘it ..i -‘a'n of l»elng. which w... v. ■ ; far fr un real happihe-s, sv d that tl.i re wn- a growing sen-o of di»npj» nHm ut on th© part of tho huslmnu. He wa* m>t in the habit of standing ujxm much ceremony in Ll* intercourse I wit i G.Hs't t s.nela.r. ami on tho tint convenient cxeasoi question'd him* wit h b in: d >. tn s virnm the subioet > < f bis pmrnago "I b<me th. .♦ Hane ■ ha* brought von * n". 'he h.tppiue - you an' rpat 'l :” ho । “• >h. ye- Jim. ' Mr. S m lair an- 1 ss. tel, inth r mosdily, "my wife -uits i m< ti' tywe . We got on very well tog t her. she -a little t. o fund of playing tho woman of faabh n; but! she'll Is) tirod of that in time, 1 dato! say. Im i« n I of -o. ietv myso'f, you I know eouldn t lead a solitary life for j any woman in ('hrUtcndom; but II sh ■Jd like a wifv who-c.-med to care j a little more for my eomjvany, and was I not always oceupie.l with other peo-1 plo. I don t think we have dined I alone three times since we were marriel. ' TO BK COSTIXITH* I Called Lord Salls*.ury a Crank. A though 1 <rd and lad) Salisbury make a jatint of spending t’:ie major j art <f every wint t and spring at their chateau of Bcauli m, which ia clue to Monte Carlo, yet b >th of them 1 ran fully avoid ever ^e ting fi ot on the j proj>erty controlied by the managers i of tie Casino. Thi- is due to the! t eatment to which th were sub4T jeet' d a few years ago. Walking uwl ’h- !e;>sof th -Casino with his wife,9 always th<* ear with -trangers, t<3 • u -. '!v L r a t .'ket of adl I. - u Salis!'':"y i- ,>x< ■ din Jy care-I •- - in his attic ■ whi'e the marchi ne-s ■ is fqr.a’.ly dowdy-k»<>kirg in her dress. I The e mequenee was that when, in r. p s t<> th.- usual reque-t to .-tata his :;oion, I. ■•(i >-■ -bury r< pli> d tha' ho was pi ime minister of England whi h ho wa- at the time—he was cioetod with a -h. ut of laughter and an invitati n t> “oet <ut.” on tho groun i that "cranks and wags and people like you ’ w te not admitted. Ihrilty Norweg.an Immigrants. Noc untry contributes so many- immigrants to ti e I nited States id pro . portion to । emulation as Norway. It is ehiolly the iv.ral N< r e that come to America, and the immigrants are for th ' most part under years of age.' , ! he xorso, areg< od farmers and thrifty । citizens. I hey. as weli as their neigh- ' irirs, the Swedes, have a strong de-are to n ake homes for themselves and to have land and the conveniences of life ' , dh. y frequently return to visit thei^ native country, but they become psr- ' manent citizens of the ‘Cnited States. I । Most of these that come are of marked | pt a ant type. Football players are not allowed to smoke cigarettes while in training. ,

7-? „ THE SUNDAY SCHOOL? t Noughts worthy of calm ' REFLECTION. ! " A Pleasant, Interesting and Instructive Lesson, and Where It May Be Found— A Learned and Concise Review of the Same. Joseph Forgiving His Brothren. . .. . , introductory. noWIt 5 l° 9son . Joseph seems at his tin,, 8 ?' J n ^P IIO °f adverse condikin v he ha 3 * iftcd himsMf up to a • kimX BCttt - t His aitu wai Always a, ' mom s °w a and B °, b ’ cam o his attain- 1 , ? "<djjewood, who invented the ( th» i now \‘ioe nswaro,”and secured * we honorable title of “potter t > her । , wa u l!t \ ho ,h ‘ 8t “ ut a humble I handler of the clay and a cripple at ho had high conceptions, I “nd he turned his very infirmities to account. He wrought royalty into his I iQwly business. So may every voting worker, getting practical impulse from I lesson, do. But in no rest oct does Joseph exhibit a more lordly nature i plan in his forgivonos’. Here, surely, kgxwas at his best—md s be-t. 4 “To err B hffman. y To forgive, divine.” POINTS IN THE LFLSSoN. It was Judah's -pi> it that conquered. The gentleness and s- If-denial of the "lion s whelp” made all tho < o npassion . of Joseph to mnve wi;h n him, Joseph "c uld not refra n himself;”, lit rally, he could not hoi I himself in Or back. The II brew word moans to wind or twist, as with thongs. Ho co Id not longer hold the l»ow< Is of his sfft’Ctio.lß in leash. i "The e stood no man with him while Joseph made himse f known unt» his brethren It wai :oo holy a s cn* for , the vulgar gaze. How often our Elder Brother, the Grea er Jos-eph. has chosen the quiet, secluded ways for his choi est d.vulgoncesl It is’ in the 1 closet of pra or t mt he makes himself most fully known to vs. > ' He wept alou Think a little of th • weeping ( hri-t. It was ours tocry out in torrow for our s ns ami in affection for our deliverer; but the great heart of Jesus did break in the full- I no sos his love. "Herein i- love: not that wo loved him, but that he loved us.” “He wept that wo might weep, i l.ach *ln demand* n tear; In heaven alone no tin Is found, And there'* n > weeping there” “There will I nourish tl ce" in the , I land of ]> enty. We are not w, rthy, but I G d turns our wrath to his ju aise. and what we meant for ill turn*, in -p to of I us, to G<M * glory and the world s go d. I (htr di desert remains, but it is cover© I by the wo'lMo ng of the all-de-j serving One. < hrLt is at tho right hand of < 01. there to intercede for uq there to ham! out bm —ings t » u«. The |r©--y brethren who disownc I and betrayed him he nourishes and keeps. rSo lim'd he." "More nor he ki *cd all his brethren, and wept ut* n them; and a to.- that iiis l re'hron talk d wsth him." \fter ; hat. after the kiss of peace, they ou’d look him In tho e. and comuuno with him S of < ;«xL look; up. I •‘ho :y *'>ncili*tlm has already (Ten given. "Hein; ai-Hfied by faith, , fk have »wa> • w it*! •« .• I ; -n/©»alk and talk "ith <"; > ■ r. -.i t L-a i-c , Vo ary a.- Opted In th ' Bolos oi. i .-t | Lu* walk and talk w.th him, an I bo glad. HINTS AND IM.rsTVTt«»Ns. “810-'m d arc th * pur© in he* t * -nvs the Sc ijdure. "for they shall s o l .od." | Tbev »h »l! a “o o> tl.o bi,'* ednoss of G d this life. At first hard hip and i jH?r^'culion ].Thii><, bit in the end Does it not jm. to honor t>i»l an 1 ko-qi I his la» <’ Aie tot h tlio ight- and 1 | trawl twixt Jo-eph an i his brethren. > j They thought t 'Ce.’.. against their I I brotner. th y ti ed th : own lives with w etMo-dn. s and d -tresq ti 1 i G< d < amc t • turn ii’M r<a n Je-enh I lon t o other han lintained his integrity and hl- pur-mirdo im-s. Thu SO jue provi d ttw val .(• and advantage of right thinning. As a mm! | thinketh i i hi* heart so is ho. I I Jose; h t m ugh’. kingly th’>iighm lan 1 God lifted him ip t> do kic./'y | deeds. Live r g..t witlim: think right i The life of h tr -m first to la-t, 1 I bls innocent tr st a the first, his ten- | der forgl .e ess at t o a-t, is a imautitil picture of a con cienco void of wffeh.se. \\ Lu*, wa- he iheng all tho © ®ay- o' I m iine-' an 1 s.q uration? LivJng at peace with God, keeping p ire within, making his own heart hi- be-t < urn; any Is can e it wa- right and cl an Eaul m* t > unveil - ich a life in his words to the Philippian*, I "Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are t. ue whatsoever thihg-A’ - " h: ne-t, what'» ever th ng- are just, w! as ever things are pure, what- cv rth ng- are i lovely, whatsoever thing- arc of good report, if there Ie any viitu •. if tn re I be any praL-e. think on thes* thing-.” Mil. fruitf ’ th.~at I the -e • "t ■ f I. - ■ • ' 1 mi , ' r '.. ’ a '' ;. b •th k fright. Mix God s thought with what Iwe will and do. >ir .!<»hua Reynolds J Iv^^iaring in his plans and original in pnWSethods. Going off ti Rome he f imbibed the new and bett >r idea- of I form and ci lor, un i coming ba -k to E:.glan I set uj> his ea-el again among his friends. They exclaimed when they saw his work, “This will neve.' . do. yon don't paint a- veil a- when \ ou left England.” Bur Reynolds knew better. He kept steaiilyin until he brought men to his high concept! ns and .-t od at the head of his proses ion in Gioit Britain. Phara h said to Joseph. “Gan we find -u h an one as t'li- i-. a man in whom the Spirit of (>oii is? ] his world needs r ich men, ' the br nget s-in of Gotl's thought. Next Lesson—“Jo ,0} h's I a< Dav-.” Gen. JO; 1-Kii. ' ; It is a mi-take to stipp - ■ that li.ght- ’ ning cools the air. At the time of a j thunde ■ st inn a sharp r contrast be- 1 tween the temperatures of the Vie er j and lower strata than is usual exi-t ; , , and the cold which sometime- follows ' "C i st rms is duo to the onset of < led_ atmospheric masses alva lvin! i th ■ neighborhood. ( Gen. Jubal Early was celebrated' | for picturesque and profuse j rofanity. j I His accomplishment in th.is j-artiedlac ' earned for him the sobriquet of “Loe's Bad Old Man.” 1

INDIANA INCIDENTS. SOBER OR STARTLING, FAITHFULLY RECORDED. An Interegtiu^ Summary of the More Im. portant DoUgs of o nr Nclghborn-Wed-dlngsandD^th^-Crlmcs, Casualties and General News Notes Condensed .State New*. Rlshville is to have an ice plant. RUSH County farmers will raise toi aceo this season. R " .^ lo ? nis ’ birm residence, near Shelbyville, burned. Richmond police have been decked out m new un forms. •V. ,ant County Commissioners will build two new pikes. Anderson’s new city directory will snow a population of go.ooo. A patent window blind factory will be a new Anderson industry. A -'tAMMO'i ii jail lock factory is to be built at 1* lorida, Madison County. Rev. Enoch Holdstock, veteran Methodist minister, dead at Muncie. Covxterkkit dimes made of aluminum are in circulation in Valparaiso. Lapel, near Noblesville, lias so-

cured a glass factory employing 20) men. Mes. Chas. Chapman dropped dead at N »rth Judson while boarding a , train. I Daniel Wolee, 72, Knox, die 1 of | heart disease while playing with his grandchildren. < ontkact for the construction of the Yellow River ditch, near Warsaw, has been let for *21,000. Frank Myers' barn. Anderson, together with live tine horses, burned by incendiaries. Loss, *5,0 >O. A cavalry company of fifty men is now being organized ut Marion to lie known as the "First ( ity Troop.” Elkhart Review calls on the State : Fish Comm ssioner to ) rotect fish in kikes and s'reams near that city. \\ vrpe.n Patton, of the Prison South, -hot Chas. Houston, a stubborn convict, in the arm. Houston refused to work. Mose-s Skinner’s family, near Petersburgh, was stricken with diphtheria a few days ago and five out of eight children are dead. William Buck and brother were । struck by a l^ike Shore train near Ijij'orte. William was killed and his । brother seriously injured. FRANK I.vckey. brother of J. S. । Ijiekey, the well known Cambridge I City horseman, wa- seriously injured in a runaway at Richmond. Kiniukx rs of West Lafayette,where Purdue Eniversity - situated, have decided to raise sj.ihhi toward the rebuilding of the destroyed Haivelon ' shoos, Hi nry Eshy, st. Paul, aged "O.went | to Shelbyville, purchased a new suit of clothe- and remarked that he wanted | them to l>e bured in. While near his , home he fell dead. 1 wo farmers near Anderson had a dispute over settling the cost of a t fence, damaged by a son of one of tho men wain' ' breaking "a colt, and up to date the lnw ? e".j fees and court costs amount to The cr.s - is not vet settled. A TR \MP < ausml consternation at tho South Bend |M>Hee -t ition a few days | ago by exhibiting hi - chest, which was Icm ,-red with eruj»tions that looked like | small-j Mix sores. He quieted the police i by tolling them that they were artitic: illy jiroduced to excite symjHithy. A company of ( hie.igo capitalists hu- lorated ;i mammoth iron and steel mdu-trv at i rankHn. The company is headed bv Wm. < hampers, formerly t of the Haugh Kurtz Steel t oinjumy. I They will -re! t a plant that will em- । I'lm 2*i men when in full operation. I'm. Governor has pardoned Larry | < .ever:, a conviet in the Prison North, v. ho is dying of consumption. He was io rested in lud amq»oli- for stealing a watch, and having no money nor | iri nos he preierred to go to j-rison under the as-umed name of Corbett rather than lei his people know of his eon-iition. He belongs to a good family in Union ( ounty, Kentucky. A';ENTS of the Standard Oil Company are busy |>laeing leases on thou- ; sandsola res of land in the vicinity 1 of Elwood, elaiming that the ga- belt will in a few years develop into the most productive oil region in the world. So far oil in paying quantities has not been dis< overed nearer than Portland, J but. abundant evidences exist of the j presence of oil in limited quantities ' • ven at Elwin,!, where the flow of gas , has not decrea.-ed in -ix years. Some few weeks ago Dr. Hindsman of Indianapolis, opened up dental parlors at Sheridan. The other day he was vulcanizing a set of teeth and was using an old vulcanizer without a steam register. While out ot the lab watory the machine let io sc and blew a hole ■ in the ceiling and iron roof large enough to throw a good sized dog 1 through. The report was equal to that of a -mall sawmill. The damage wa- considerable in the laKiratory. , Henry Hawkins,who is dying from consumption in the Prison North, has been j ardoned l y Gov. Matthew.-. Hawkins.was sent from St. Joseph ('ountv last June for two years for burglary. He is only I'.i yt ars old, and up to the time of the burglary was an honest, hard-working boy. Though no' a robust 1 oy. he did not appear to have eons motion when he entered the je i-on. though he wa- probably predisposed to it. The disease developed with < onfinement. and the j ri-on physi- j cian says Hawkins is liable to die any i clay, and that his death is but the question of a very short time. His j ardon was urged by the Judge. Prosecuting Attorney, many citizens and ; the leading newspa; ers. It appears to have been a ease deserving of execu- . five clemency. The other night Oito Gustafson, a prominent young man of Porter, went, to a dance in the country. Next morn- I ing his mangled remains were found > along the Michigan Central tracks west | of town. Hi- head was the only part i of him recognizable. How he met his death is a mystery. Oliver S >nceh and Miss Samantha , \\ right were married at Anderson and 1 went to visit the bride's mother, Mrs. i Jennie Riley, near that city. Mrs. ■ Riley is at times a racing maniac, and while Spnger slept, she took a beer bottle and crushed his skull. He will die. Mrs. Songer is prostrated.

CURRENT COMMENT. The Breckinridge Verdict. The misfortun? of the caie is that Ift was impossible to fake money from the defendant without giving it to tha plaintiff, who was quite as undeserving. —New York Times. Madeline’s chances of collecting $15,CO) from Willie are not brilliant. If that effer of $5 0 a week to join an opera company is sti.l open she should accept it.—New York Advertiser. , The jury gives Miss Pollard a verdict and $15,000 damages. It is a i ighteous verdict and a very just eno. It shows that the testimony’ made the same impressien upon the jury that it made upon the minds of just men and women everywhere—No.v Fork World. Opinions may differ as to the amount of damages which shou’d ha.e been awarded the plaintiff, bit few of the many thousan ls who have read tho lenorts of tho trial a; it proceeded will dissent from the conclusion of the jure in favor of the jdaintiff.-Now York Tribune. The question is not tho uarticnlar issue decide 1 by t.ie Washington iurv or whether Muss Pollard was entitled, to her damages for breach of promise of marriage; but whe her such baseS 1 ireckinvid . o has confessed unbiu*»hti ahull unpunished, hy tho jury of all society.—New York Sun.

From the moment that Breckinridge took the witness stand and cried out, like Adam in the Garden of Eden, that tho fault was all the woman's, he beI ea ne an object of universal contempt. I So far a; public opinion is concerned, the d ■ endant was found guilty long before the trial ended. —New Y'ork Recorder. Coxev an 1 His Arm-. (’oxey is 1 ec ming a very considerable nuisance.—Baltimore American. Tno army of peace might have directed its energies toward the organizatio i «f a giand pedestrian contest with b 'tter i)ee.i!.iary re uits.—Wash- : ington Star. It was d mon-trated leeently that Gan. Fryes industrial army d es not want a job, but an ap nopriation.—St. 1 oui- Post-Dispatch. If bleed does not How now like a Mississippi flood, all signs will fail. Two hundred membe s of Frye’s “Army of the Vremployed” have been offered work f> r a year at $1.50 a day. —Louisville Courier-Journal. Two hundred i f the so-called “Frye's industrial army” were offered work for a year at East St. Louis, but turned up । their no es at the proposition. This 1 shows, as clearly as can be shown, tho ! character of the m n c neerned in tho | “on to Washington movements,” and removes a 1 necessity fur sympathy. — Kansas ( ity S' a•. The St, Ik n" Coke-Workers. The strlk ng <ok '-workers of tho Connellsville legion will not win sym- ‘ । athv with dynamite.—New Y'ork World. The principles involved in Horace Greeley's recipe for resumption should |Io applied in putting down a Slav strike in the coke regions.—New Y’ork I Advertiser. Coal strikeshave tie reputation of being the bU oJiost < f tl ci • kind. Ai d wlei eve there is iecord of only one t»f tl e long ieries ever having succeed'd. -Hu Halo » j The -t iking coke-workers havo had pxtxjrienee enough to know that nothing is to bo gained by deeds of vioJ<mce. Tro sentim 'nt of Western Pennsylvania is decidedly agamst the > principle of mob rule and it will deni m l that the rioters be held responsibl > for their acts. Pittsburg Dispatch. Eou-lx ry’-. A Im’ni t tion. Lord Rosebery is evidently not lying cn a bed of roses. —New Y'ork Recorder. Lord Rosebery's defeat was only a Htt'e one and de n t count. —New Y'ork Recorder. Lo. d Rosebery's ministry is in serious danger of ex.inction at an early uav.—New s*o k Commercial Advertiser. j Lord Rosebery’s administration seems to be.sk ting unp'easantly near the danger point t:.e e days.—Boston Globe. Already Lord Roieb^ry is losing support. His following in the House of Commons is dwindling away. He may ■ have to call on the eld man yet. —Indiana’ olis News. The Izite I) v ! Du'lhy Field. Mr. Field was a man of profound, learning, of va.ied attainments, and of I profound int Heit —Ba'tim ire Sun. YVhile cs des of law in the English language eontii ue t > exist the name ot David Dudley I i Id will never be forI gott n. —New Yvrk Sun What he did is faithfully recorded in the sketch of his life. It is a splendid record of usefu loss and noble ambition. It is work that will live as long as law reigns and that will koep his name isTimment : y upon the scrolls of fame. —Baltim >re Am-’rican. 1 w > Ur .ken Hoarfs. lYhat business is it of the publio whether Mr. Gould marries or doesn't i marry unless the jilted actress chooses ! to sue him for breach of premise?— New Y'ork Commercial Advertiser. । He gave up his sweetheart in the interest of harm >ny. The young lady in ! the case is to l e congratulated. She has missed what mijbt be regarded as a “catch” from a financial standpoint, but no amount of money could compmsatea sjirited woman for living with a man who is afraid of his own folks. —Ka isas City Star. Fea • Aiiini a Benham I When it deprives the navy of the services of such men as Rear "Admiral E. A. K. Benham the age limit of retirement seems to be much too low.— Philadelphia Call. Rear Admiral Benham is now on the retired list and Coin. Ramsay will walk । the quarterdeck in his st.ad. But the ! nation will not forget tho good work which the ex-.'dmiral accomplished , for American interests in Rio do Janeiro.—Boston Globe. A Fresh Crises in Chili. i The ministerial crisis in Chili premises a got d opening for unemployed ' cabinet-makers. —Omaha Bee. Now there is a crisis in Chili. Any time there isn't a crisis concealed somewhere about South America's person look out for an earthquake in Japan, the overflow of the Yang-tsex Kiang or any other always-in-stock bii of foreign information. —New York World.