St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 19, Number 52, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 14 July 1894 — Page 8

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gz w | ( iWt' / WJ mo It CHAPTER I. AT THE STAR AND GARTER. Glorious Juno weather, tender moonlight from a moon newly risen—a mystical light—silver-bright on far-off glimpses of the winding river, soft and msysterious where it tails upon the growing darkness of the woodland; a pensive light, by which men not altogether given up to the world a”e apt to ponder the deeper enigmas of this . lUih and to look backward, Heaven *Sows with what keen agonies of regret, to youth that has vanished and friends that are dead. Two men who had been dining at the Star and Garter, and who have stolen •away from the dessert to smoke their cigars under the midsummer mcon, contemplate the familiar landscape in a lazy, meditative silence. One is sitting on the stone balustrade cf the terrace, with his face turned to the distant curve of the river, watching the tender light with a very somber expression of countenance; the other stands with his -elbows resting on the balustrade, smoking industriously, and looking •every now and then with rather an uneasy glance at his companion. The first is Sir Cyprian Davenant, the last scion of a good old Kentish family, and owner of one of the finest and oldest places in the county of Kent. The Davenants have been a wild, reckless set for the last hundred years, and there is not an acre of Davenant Park or a tree in Davenant Woods unencumbered by mortgage. How Sir Cyprian lives and contrives to keep •out of a debtor’s prison is a subject for the wonder of his numerous acquaintances. His intimate friends know that the man has few expensive habits and that he has a small income from an •estate inherited from his mother. Sir Cyprian's companion is a m:.n approaching middle age, with a decidedly plain face, redeemed from ugliness by a certain brightness of expression about the mouth and eyes. This gentleman is James Morton Wyatt, a solicitor, with an excellent practice, and a decided taste for literature, which he is rich enough to be al le to cultivate at his leisure, leaving the ordinary run of cases to the care of his junior partner, and only putting in an ■appearance at his office ^hen an affair 1 of some importance is on hand. James < Wyatt is a bachelor and a great favor- i ite with “the fair sex, for whom his s fashionable modern cynicism seems to ’ possess an extra ordinary charm. The cynic has a natural genius for the art : of flattery and a certain subtle pow ir of pleasing that surprises his male acquaintances, who wonder what the < women can see in this fellow, with his long, mean-looking no e, and his small gray eyes, and his incessant flow of shallow talk. “You' e not very likely company tonight, Davenant.” James Wyatt said, at last. “I ve been waiting with exemplary patience for some kind of reply to the question I asked you about a quarter of an hour ago.” “You can scarcely expect much liveliness from a man who is going to start for Africa in four-and-twent v hours, with a very vague prospect of c ming back again.” “Well, I don’t know about that. It's •a pleasure trip, isn't it, this African exploration business?” “It is to be called pleasure. I believe. My share in it would never have come about but for a promise to an old friend. It is a point of honor with me to go. The promise was given five or six years ago, when I was hot upon the •subject. I expect very little enjoyment from the business now, but I am boiv’td j to go. ” He sighed as he said this, still look- [ ing far away at the winding river, | with the same somber expression in his eyes. James Wyatt heard the regretful sigh. and noted the despondence of his companion's tone. “I should have thought there were not many people in England you would ' care about leaving, Davenant,” he said, ' with a curious, watchful look at the ! other man’s half averted face. “I have i heard you boast of standing alone in j the world.” i “Rather a barren beast, isn't it?” ”Waid mr U^priam with a brief and bit- I ter laugh. “Yes, I am quite alone. | •Since my sister Marian's marriage, and 1 complete absorption in nursery cares •and nursery joys, there is no one to ■ offer let or'hindrance to my going yon- j <ler. I have friends, of course, a great , many—such as you, Jim, for instance; j jolly gocd fellows, who would smoke a I cigar with me to-night in the bonds ; of friendship, and who would hear of my death a month hence without turning a hair.” “Don’t talk platit des about your friends, Cyprian. I have no doubt they are as good as other people's. I don't know a man going more popular than you are. ” Cyprian Davenant took no notice of this remark. “111 tell you what it is. Davenant,” continued the lawyer, “there is s mething deeper than you have owned t) yet at the bottom of your reluctance to leave England. There is some one, at least —a woman.” The other turned his face full upon the speaker. “You're about right, Jim,” he said, tossing the end of his cigar away as ho spoke. “There is a woman—not a sudden cap 'ice, either—but a woman I have loved truly and fondly for the last five years of my life. If I were a wise man, I should be" very glad of this chance of curing my infatuation by putting a few thousand miles between myself and the loveliest • face I ever saw.” “It’s a hopeless case, then, I suppose,” suggested James Wyatt. “Quite hopeless. What have I to offer the woman I love? The income upon which I have managed to live since my ruin and subsequent reforma-

tion would be something worse than beggary for a wife such as the woman I love. Even if she were willing t> share my poverty, could I be mean enough to drag her into such a slough of despond? No, Jim, it is a hopeless case. My pretty one and I must part. I to dreary old bachelorhood, she to fulfill her mission, and make one of the grand matches of the season.” “I think I know the lady,” t aid James Wyatt, slowly. “Lord’ Clanyarde’s youngest daughter; the new one, eh, Cyprian? The Clanyardes are neighbors of yours in Kent, I know.” “Os course I can trust you, Jim. Yes, you've hit it. But whaf made you fix upon Constance Clanyarde?” “Have I not senses to understand, and eyes to see. gnd have I not seen you and Miss Clanyarde together at least three times? Why, Cyprian, the infatuation on both sides is patent to the most unsophisticated observer. It's a pity you've only four hundred a year. That would bo rather a tight squeeze for a Clanyarde. They’re a notoriously extravagant set, I know, and have been up to their eyes in debt for the last forty years. Yes, I have seen the lady, Cyprian, and she is very love’y. Upon my word, I m sorry for you. ,r “Thanks, old fellow. I needn't ask you not to mention my name in conjunction with Miss Clanyarde’s. And now I suppose we d better go back to our friends.” “I think so. By the way, what do you think of the lady we were asked to meet?” “Mrs. Walsingham? She is very handsome. A widow, 1 suppose?” "She is rather silent on that point, and I have heard it hinted that Colonel Walsingham—he was Colonel in the Spanish Contingent, I believe, and Count of the Holy Roman Empire—still walks this earth, and that the lady owes her agreeable freedom to an American court of divorce. Ti e antecedents are altogether doubtful, and Mrs. Walsingham's set is of the order fast and furious Gilbert Sinclair likes that kind of thing.” “And I suppose Mrs. Walsingham likes Gilbert Sinclair.” “Or his money. Sinclair's about the biggest fish in the matrimonial waters, and she will be a happy angler who lands him. But I really believe Mrs. Walsingham has a weakness for the man himself, in iependent of his money. Strange, isn't it? Sinclair’s the dearest fellow^ in the world, and as his friend of course I dote upon him; but I confess that if I were a woman 1 should regard him with unmitigated loathing. ” “That s rather strong." “Os course he's a most estimable creature; but such an unspeakable enob, such a pompous, purse-proud cad. Ah, there he is at the window looking for us. If I were a woman, you know, Cyprian, that man in uld be the object of my aversion; but I’m not, and he's my client, and it is the first duty of a solicitor to love his clients. Coming, G.l ■ e:-t. The two men crossed a little bit of j lawn, and went in through the open | window. Tiie room was lighted with J wax candles, and a merry party was : crowded round a table, at on • end of which a lady was dispensing tea in quite a homelike fashion. Sho was a very beautiful woman, of a showy type, dressed in white muslin ha f covered with lace; dressed just a little too youthfully for her five-and-thirty years. There were two other ladies present, one a fashionable actress, an 1 the other her friend and conii ante, also ; an aspirant to dramatic fame. The i first was engaged in an agreeable flir- • tation with a cornet of dragoons, the ’ second was listening with delight t ■ the lively conversation of Mr. Bellingham, manager of the Pho nix Theater. A couple of gentlemen belonging to ! the stock-broking fraternity, an i Gilbert Sinclair, the giver of the feast, made up the party. Mr. Sinclair was a man whom many people admired, and who wa- in no obvious manner deserving Jame- Wyatt's unflattering descripti n. He affected a certain bluntness of -tyle, which his i friends accepted as evidence of a candid j and open soul and a warm heart. I The chief claim which Mr. Sinclair I’possessed to notoriety was comprised in ' the fact of his wealth. He was the owner of a great estate in the north, an estate consisting of iron-works and coal-pits, the annual income *rom which was something stupendous, and ho had shares in more railways and minei and foreign loans than his friends could calI culate. “I wish you would give me a little assistance with the teacups, Gilbert," i Mrs. Walsingham said, rather im- | patiently. “It is all very well to talk । of the plea antness of having the tea made in the room in this way, but one I requires some help. Thanks. Take i that to Sir Cyprian Davenant. if you ! ; lease, and bring me Sophy Morton's j cup.” ■ Mr. Sinclair obeyed, and when he j came back with the empty cup Mrs. ■ Walsingham motioned him to a vacant I chair by her side and detained him ! there till the carriages were announced. ■ She called him by his Christian name I in the face of society, and this party of I to-night was only < ne of many enterI tainments that had been given at dif- | ferent times for her gratification. It j was scarcely strange, therefore, if i rumor, especially loud on the part of the lady's friends, declared that Mr. Sinclair and Mrs. Walsingham were engaged to be married. But the acquaintance between them had conI tinned for a long time, and those who i knew most of Gilbert Sinclair shook 1 their heads significantly when the 1 matrimonial question was m toted. Mrs. Walsingham detained Mr. Sinclair in conversation some time after the carriages had been announced. She was very bright and animated, and looked her best as she talked to i him. It was nearly eleven o'clock when j she was reminded of the lateness of । the hour and the length of the drive J before them by Miss Sophy Morton, who had lately transferred her atten- ■ । tion from the callow cornet to Mr. | Wyatt, much to the disgust of the , youthful dragoon. “Yes, Sophy. I am going to put on my • shawl. Will you fetch our wraps from the next room, please, Mr. Wyatt? > Will you take the back seat in the s brougham, Gilbert, and wind up with > a lobster salad in Half-Moon street. It - is really early, vou know.”

"Thanks, no. I could scarcely trust my man to drive those chestnuts; so I think I ll go back in the phaeton; and I'm due at a hop in Eaton square.” “Indeed?” a-dted the lady curiously, and with a rather anxious look. “You used not to care for dancing parties.” “I don't care for them now, but one has to sacrifice inclination now and then, you know.” “Do I know the people?” asked Mrs. Walsingham. Mr. Sinclair smiled as he replied: “I think not.” A cloud came over the lady’s face, and when her shawl had been adjusted she toon Gilbert Sinclair's hand in silence. Nor did she speak to him on the way to tho porch of the hotel, where a mail phaeton and a couple of broughams wore waiting. Her adieus to the rest of tho party were brief and cold, and Gilbert himself she only honored by a stately inclination of her beautiful head, with its coronal of bright chestnut hair, and coquettish little curls dotted about a broad white forehead. Mr. Sinclair stood bareheaded under the porch as the Walsingham brougham drove away, and then turned with a frown to perform his duties in other direct’ons. Here, however, he found there was nothing left for him to do. Miss Morton and her companion had been escorted to their carriage by Sir Cyprian Davenant and Mr. Wyatt, and were waiting to bid Jhcip good-by. “And a thousand thanks for our delightful day, Mr. Sinclair, which we are not likely to forget fcr a long time, are we, Imogen?” Miss Imogen Harlow, who had been born Watson and christened Mary Anno, shook her empty little head coquettishly, and declared that the memory of that Richm-nd dinner would remain with her to her dying dav. And on the wav homo the two ladies discussed Mr. Sinclair and his income, and speculated as to the ! chances of his ultimately marrying Mrs. Walsingham. [TO BE COXTiyi’EIX I DESPISED NO MORE. Cotton Seed Haw Now Deponed King ton from Ills Throne. A few decades ago cotton held undisputed sway in the country; cott n eed was regarded as valueless. Even five years ago when tho Southern planter gathered his cotton and sold it he paid little attention to the seed. He saved enough of it to raise his next year's crop. and. if convenient, kept a few bushels more to feed the milk c ws around his farm. Sometimes he < art rd off a few wagon 1< ads to dump on an old field as a fertilizer, and often he refused to haul it away from the gin at all. Tho aim unt that rotted around such places was immense. When any was sold, it commonly brought 5 cents a bushel, provided the farmer was not ashamed < f taking anything f< r such a c unmodity. Even thio l year.- ago, in many sections of the South, * cents fcr a bushel of cotton seed was considered a good price, l ast year the price was often as high as 25 cents and o casionally reached 32 cents. When cotton itself sells at 0 cents or 7 cents per pound and seed at the prices meutlonod the farmer^ begin to fcoL a^ if-, ' they would like their cott n to b« all I seen. As it is, the seed not unfreI quently constitutes one fourth or even ; one-third the valu* of the whole crop. ! So important a matter has it Iw'ms that to-day one single company has <0 •.<» 0 invested in handling cotton seed products. The uses to which cotton-seed products are put are almost innumerable. The <n) itself is used in making soap, other oils, aid, butterine a: d countless other things. We ship immense ’ quantities t > Europe especially Roti terdam and bri: g it back again ; slightly refines! under the names of 1 olive oil and lir.seed oil. Tho Armours and other pork men use largo amounts ; in putting up lard, ('ottolvne is the 1 n une of a new product now coming I into use as a competitt rof lard. Many housekeepers use the oil itself instead of lard and e’aim to like it. The meal remaining after the oil has teen extracted i-fed to cattle, and is -aid to produce excellent results. The hulls also are fed to cattle. Twenty pounds of hulls and ten of meal make a full daily feed for beef steers, and the cattle are ready for ma ket in ninety days. The hulls, furthermore, are now being use J in manufacturing paper. A Miraculous Escape. A miner by the name of Griffith had 1 an extremely narrow escape from a i horrible death in a mine in Washington State ti:e ether day. Griffith was at work on a slope when pieces of coal weighing about 1,5 0 p unds became detached above him and started down the slope toward Griffith, whose only escape lay in running down the slope ahead of the lump of coal. It soon became a race for life, -with the coal increasing its speed at every bound and adding to the terrors of the flying Griffith. Half way down the slope the speed at which Griffith was going extinguished tho lamp in his hat and left him in the dark. He continued his flight, in which lay his only safety, and, after running for what seemed an age. he stumbled on one of the side beams and fell, expecting to be instantly crushed to death. The coal came on, and. by a miracle, was checked by the timber, but in jamming caught one of poor Griffith’s legs against the timber, breaking the bone in two places. Help soon came down to the man and he was carried out and cared for. Natural Gas for Making Ice. An ordinary gas well, furnishing 1,5X\0(.0 cubic feet per day, with a suitable refrigerating apparatus, is capable of making fifty-one tons of ice at an expense not to exceed 59 cents per ton; and then, by conducting it to furnaces or rolling mills, glass works, brick, lime, or pottery kilns, it will produce the same amount of heat as if it was delivered directly from the well. It will not be long before the natural gas fields will furnish all the ice we need for our comfort through the hot season as it does now fuel through the cold season. Better the Other Way. Curran said to Father o'l eary (the wittiest priest of his day): “I wish you were St. Peter. ” “M hy?” asked l O’Leary. “Because,” said Curran, • “you would have the keys of heaven s and could let me in.” “It would be betl ter for you,” said O'Leary, “that I had ; the keys of the other place, for then I could let you put."

THJj SUNDAY SCHOOL? SERICC S SUBJECTS CAREFULLY • P CONSIDERED. A Schol^^ Exposition of the Lesson— ThoagT tS of Calm Reflection—f Hour s Study of the Scriptures— Time Spent * | Review and Raster* Our ity o have the option of fol-lowimr--ei e ^ ev ^ nv exercise or taking nn «n les3On - Doubtless tho thnXhA of comin ? for us not thr r lt ua l or rubric, intimative breath of tho but witlwiH be more or less in tho sprang, L of ali. Tho sweet story ai thougii»lark (lt>: 1-8) is suggestel for tol 1 byAitemplation. It was in the our c®, on the first dav of the week, morni:®oy came to anoint the dead that the Christ, o what a gial bjd y ® They were startled at first, surpriaKJfist have taken them long and itWs tbe import of what they to real!W e y can }° wi . th incense for tho saw 'l®^’ I°’ ° ( heist was present dead 0,10 U u ’y a! i v e from th, i„, bavo an y me it.-” dead May i I Slz Lessor*!. The First Adam. Cen. 1: 2C-31; 2£L'< Goldest Text. “In the beginningGod.” Ben. 1: 1. LessoJ 2. Adam's Sin and Geds grace. Klen. 3: 1-15. ( olden Text. “For at in Adam all die. even so in Christ shall all lie made alive.” 11 Cor. 15: 22. Lessoji 3. Cain and Abel. Gen. 4: 3-13. I Goldcp Text. “By faith Abel offered i unto fid a more excellent sacrifice than Cain.” Heb. 11:4. Lessen 4. Col's Covenant with Noah. Gen. 9*B-17. Golden Text. “I do -et my b>w in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.” Gen. 9: 13. Lesson 5. Beginning of the Hebrew Nation. Gen. 12: 1-9. Golden Text. “I will bless thee, and make thy name great, and thou shalt lie a blessing." Cen. 12:2. IcsSon God's Covenant with Abram. Gen. 17: I-' 1 . Golden Text. "He believed on the Lord, and he counted it to him for righteousness." Gen. 15:0. Lesson 7. God's judgment on Si dom. Gen. 18: 2*2-33. Golden Text. “Shall not the judge of all the earth do right?” Cen. 1^:25. I Csson S Trial < f Abraham's Faith. Gen. 22: 1-13. Gokhm Text. “By faith Abraham, wbetj he was tried, offete I up Isaac." Heb]li:n. 1 I etson 9. Sellin ' tho Birthright. G- n.|25: 27-34. Calden Text, “The life is more than m a|, and th • body is m wo than raime J," Luke 12:23. c < sOn Bethel. Gen. G«den Text. “Behold I am with they, am) will keep thee.” Gen. 2s 15. 11-Wine U a Mocker. Prov. 2i»T-., (^adei Text. "W : i- a nu ck w, Sti'-p.//rink is ra in,- w I uE- .■. .t isA’cvlved thereb. i-not wis.>.'’ Prov. 20; |i Next Le son - “Jacob’s PrevUl ng Prayer.” G n. 32: 9-12, 24- o. QUEER CAMELS. They Are stubborn and Obstinate ihasts anti Kober stupid. Too. Cam Is, gay- an authoritv. are most provoking and M.<bborn l>easts, and are entirely unlike hors s in disposition. If a horse doe.- not want to do anything we make him. If a camel does n t want to d > anything he e ives it undone. No amount of coaxing, no amount of cruelty will make him budge. He has the determination of a mule co nl ined with the strength of an elephant. A camel is one of those aggravating brutes which will drive a hot-tem-I ered man to distraction. Nothing will parsuade him to listen to reason. He will oppose y< urwill with a passive resistance that is absolutely unconquerable. The only way to treat a camel is to humor if you cannot humbug him. The.y will often lie down if you load them with the pr verbial laA straw, and you might beat them to death or offer up all the pleasures of paralise before they would get up. They are pig-headed beasts. Sometimes when they have quite a light load they turn nasty and throw themselves to the ground. But although they are obstinate, they are not cute, and an Arab, by pretending to submit, < an generally get the bett r of the stubborn leasts. _ The drivers will ostentatiously re- , %cve three or four packages from the jpad, and the animal, with an inward ^hucklo of satisfaction, vises at once, without perceiving that the parcels have meanwhile been returned to their former place. As he flatters himself he lias shirked some of his duty he swings away with a light heart, gratified beyond measure, like a spoiled child, at having his own way. The camel is an unsociable beast. He is also habitually dull, except when he is sniffing the salt air of the desert. M hen he is treading the sand-, with the burning sun on his back and Die boundless waste before him, he feels at home. The immense heat makes him bubble over with pleasure and fills his frame with sublime intoxication. , It has been stated on. the best authority that he can go nire days without water. And if you had ever seen a camel drink water when he does get a chance of quenching his thirst,’ you would not be surprised at this. They have been known to put away seven gallons and a half at a time. Bad for Secrets. One of tho most striking phem menn of the Adirondack regie n is the carrying power of the human voice in still weather upon the lakes, great and small. Persons ashore easily hear the ordinary conversation of others who are so far put upon the lake as to be ^mtstinguishable, and as a great many Adirondack visitors habitually violate the law touching the slaughter of deer, • all such, offenders are extremely carefm not even to whisper a word that might betray their guilt when rowing upon the lakes.

NEARLY A BUTCHERY. BRAZILIAN REBELS REFUSED RIGHT TO SURRENDER. Vindictive Retaliation by President Peixoto—Da Gama and Officers Seek Refuge on Porelgn Vessels—Mello Plays the Coward and Traitor.

The War at an Fnd. The Brazilian rebellion is crushed, and in its stead there bids fair for a time to be inaugurated a carnival of slaughter and butcherv. Seeing the hopelessness of continuing the struggle, deserted by Admiral Mello, who with the warship Aquidiban was in parts unknown, Admiral Da Gama of the insurgent forces first sought the services of the Portuguese charge d’affairs in negotiating with the government for peace; but that official, acting under orders from the home government, assumed a neutral attitude. Da Gama then, in direct communication • with President Peixoto, offered unconditional surrender of all tho warships ’ and forts and garrisons with Rio har- " bor, accepting for himself and officers ~ expatriation anil sentence of exile to a foreign land, on condition of amnesty to his soldiers and sailors oSiitliifiiiifllllliiriiai

^JUAvrmmmtfi^AemLred the harbor quietly. As the vessels made their way up the bay they were saluted by the various government batteries. The greatest excitement had prevailed in the city. The streets were crowded with people, and all the available trucks and hand carts hid been busy carrying household goods and 1 ersonal eu'ects cut of the city. The I e >ple had fully expected a shelling of the city bj’ the insurgent forces, and it was generally believed that a terrific naval battle was ab ut to be fou.'ht in the Rio harbor. Da Gama's ofler of surrender changed everything, and everywhere could bo heard shouts of “Viva Peixotoi” and general ac juiesence to the requests of the insurgent admiral. There had been much suffering in the city. All business houses had been closed and it hai be n very difficult t> get food. The whole available police force was on duty constantly. Probably lOIQUO p ersons left the city. Railroad transp irtation to the suburbs was free, and the government was feeding the poor. Naturally the populace cheered the news which they bel’eved heralded the close of the long and stubbornly contested insurrection. But joy was changed to consternation by the announcement that the government hail refused the terms of Da Gama, and would open fire upon the insurgent vessels and forts at noon Tuesday. Tho exodus from Rio again commenced, and at 12 o'clock precisely tho bar fortress opened lire on Fort Villegaignon. In a short time the Government forces at Fort Armacao and Fort Gragoata joined in tho bombardment. Tho fire was not returned by the insurgents. The bombardment was continued until 3 o'clock, when it ceased. Castello, San Benito, Saude, . Curvello and all the city batteries then opened a furious fire upon Fort Villeguignon and the insurgent warship Tamami re. The fire was also directed I upon insurgent works at Cobras • ! IMand and at other p’a< <s. The for<y»s ' j ut l.nchiidas lowered tho hosj ital flag I and hoisted the insurgent ensign. Tho [ garrison at < m ernador ITand also took ; part in tho atta k on Fort \ iilegaigt n n, which was badly hammered by tho Government guns. The works on C' bras Island t« ok fire, but the flames ve esc n oxting: iJo 1. The firing of tiie batteries lasted for an hour. No g eat damage w; s done. The insurgents aid not tire a shot. i At 4 o'clock tho Government fleet I steamed slowly to el use action, the torj edo boat Aurora leading. The other * vessels in the fleet were the Nictheroy, ! America. Itaipu, Bahian, Tiradentes i and Parahyba, and two steamers an I ' five torpedo boats. Immediately tho 1 rebels hauled down the white ensign ' from one of the -hips which was lying ' at Enchadasand hoisted a signal.which j was answered from ashore. A launch i containing an officer then went from one insurgent ship to another, and each • vessel lowered the white flag. Two boats from the Government fleet cutside then entered the bay. One of them • went to Fort Villegaignon, and it was . shortly followed by the launch from the rebel ship. A* few minutes later ( the white ensign came down from the fort, and at 5:45 the Government fleet steame 1 up the bay. The insurgent war ship Aqu'diban ■ was not in this harbor. Admiral de > Mello has proved false to the em- > pe*or and to President Fonseca and President Peixoto. His last act was treachery to Admiral da Gama. • Where he and his vessel are now is • not known. The officers of the insurgent fleet i took refuge on board French and Portuguese war ships. One French vessel put to sea with many of the ■ rebel officers on board. It is said that i Admiral da Gama is on board the British war ship Sirius. Peixoto's action in not acceding to > Da Gama s offer creat .d the greatest ■ surprise, abroad as well as at Y ashing- ’ ton. Such conditi ns were freely ac- ; corded in any honorable warfa e in - civilized lands, yet to the surprise of i our administration they had been refused by Peixoto. In spite of its best efforts to be exactly fair and neutral, i yet in the contest in Brazil our government, in its desire to protect American l interests, has given color to the belief s that its moral sympathy lay with the : Peixoto government. So the news that i civilized warfare had been disregarded > and that brave but defeated insurgents, hemmed in on all sides were to be • refused the chance to surrender on hont orable terms and forced to throw themi selves upon the mercy of the governi ment without any guarantee of their i lives fell with disagreeable force upon • every official in the government here i who has had to do with the trouble in any capacity. Virginia raises 5,000,000 bushels of i peanuts and s4,oCo,€'oo wertn of fruits and vegetables. The iron product is 20i\000 ton-, and over $2,00 'JHiO of gold has been sent to the United States Mint. This State has the largest lead i mines in the South, and the greatest । manganese mines in tho world. । Cecil Rhodes, premier of Cape Colony, and who has threatened>independence of that State from English rule, is said to be worth $75,000,000, which may account for fils personal independence

HOOSIER HAPPENINGS NEWS OF THE WEEK CONCISELY CONDENSED. What Our Neighbors are Doing—Matters of General and Loral Interest—Marriages and Deaths—Accidents and Crimes—Personal Pointers About Indlaniuns.

Minor State Items. John W. Leitzman, while blasting stumps with dynamite near Danville, was blown to pieces. John Givens, former resident ot Waoash, who mysteriously disappeared ten years ago, has returned. Several farmers in the neighborhood of Redkey have been swindled lately by lightning rod sharpers. Alfred Baker, aged 10, while playing in the street at Terre Haute, was struck by an electric car and killed. The planing an i saw-mill belonging to Hamlin Smith of Brownstown, was burned. Loss, 85,0 0: no insurance. The Standard Oil Company has leased con ilerub e land in Wabash J County. A number o wells will be sunk in hope of striking oil. _ Ezra Marker,^l4 years old, while i»u ~ <• 11t of

Member, wa. < aught by a I°lt on tne ankle and drawn up by a belt until his flesh and bones were all crushed. Doctors amputated the legs, but he died immediately after the operation. Fire originating from the smoke stack of a neighboring sawmill destroyed the barn of John Oswalt, four miles north of Wabash, together with three horses, a quantity of grain, hay, agricultural implements, am three horses will have to lie shot. Loss. S2,(MX): no insurance. A few days ago a man representing himself to be one of the Hirschman Bros.. Binghampton, N. Y\, dropped into Goshen, looking for a location. Ho drew a-ight draft for ss,<>C’O on a New York bank and then leased a double room for a term of years for a department store. He was liberal with printer's ink. and after raising several hundred dollars on cheeks, he disappeared. Several weeks ago Charles Hazelman of Tippecanoe County, was locked ip for attempting to harm his parents, he being subject to spells of insanity. He was placed at the County Poor Farm, admittance to the State Asylum being refused. He died the other morning in horrible agony, having thrust an iron spoon down his throat in an effort to take his own life. All efforts to dislodge the spoon were unsuccessful. Hazelman was an only son, about twenty-two. Proof positive was had the other evening of the existence of a bold incendiary in Peru. An endeavor to twice fire an old machine shop was made in an hour. Shavings saturated with oil were found in different parts of the building. AL efforts to capture this "Jack the fire bug'’ have thus far failed, notwithstanding re wards offered and patrolling of the district. It is believed to be the work of a monomaniac. This makes the tenth incendiary fire within the past month. Sam Roach, assistant engineer of the Anderson Paper Company, crawled into one of the big boilers to do some repairing and the steam was accidentally turned on him. The imprisoned man was pow^rle.-s to shut it off and had to back out while the scalding steam enveloped him. His lack, shoulders. arms, and legs were fearfully scalded before the mill men rescued him from the manhole. The steam was inhaled and rendered the man almost insensible. Dr. J. B. Fattig regards his case as practically hopeless. The secon 1 annual reunion of the One-hundred aml-fiftysecond Volunteer Infantry, held at Fort Wayne,was one of the largest gatherings of the kind in that city. The election of officers resulted as follows: President, Marshall Makemson of Warsaw: Vice Presid' nt, Lieut. ?»ustin Funk of Warsaw: Treasurer. J. W. Brouse of Kendallville: Secretary, Alvin Robinson of Warsaw. The next meeting will be at Warsaw next March. After the election Maj. R. T. McDonald, who was a member of the regiment, invited the entire regiment to a banquet at the New Aveiine. where a dinner was served to ninety-five comrades. In the evening a campfire was held, at which Harry C. Hanna presided. About two months ago the large barn of George Hupp and Lewis Huffner, near Elwood, was destroyed by tire, and a valuable stallion belonging to John Stover was supposed to have perished. A skeleton'.was found in the ashes after the fire. The stallion was worth about >I.OJO, and, owing to certain circumstances, Stover was loth to believe the horse had burned up. He began an investigation, and soon ascertained enough to warrant him in believing that another horse was substituted for the stallion and the barn fired to cover the theft. It is now stated that the horse is known to have been taken to Bartholomew County, and that it is there to-day. Mr. Stover hopes to soon have the thieves in a net. A FEW days ago a mound was d iscovered on the Kentucky River below Carrollton. A party of men excavated it, and on digging: down for ten feet were surprised to find three human skeletons o c gigantic size. They were between two layers of ashes, with their heads extended toward the setting sun. The bones were of monstrous size, and from the manner of burial they were beyond doubt a relic of the mound builders, that an Lent race who occupied this continent thousands of years ago. The arms and legs were literally covered with curious shaped beads, several of which were exhibited by one of the party who discovered the cave. The beads seem to be constructed from the teeth of some animal, and are in perfect condition. The Peru City ( ounml are making a big kick against the straw-bokrd works at Wabash erupting the refuse into the Wabash River, Horn which stream the water works at Peru gets its supply. An analysis of the water shows t iat it is poisoned by the refuse. William Dithepjdge. a prominent glass blower of Alexandria, died suddenly from the effects of a morbid growth involving the duodenum. He began his day’s work as usual, when, without warning, he became faint, and soon afterwards expired. The deceased was a prominent member of the K. of P. and local labor organizations.