St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 20, Number 4, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 11 August 1894 — Page 2

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JOY - V* i l ' » Awm wh wm i ■ w ww? < w /winOs/ <e 7 o^'XfcJ / // 31 /“"““"nt CHAPTER XXII. KILL OR CURB Mr. Sinclair was told by Lord Clanyarde of the plan which had been devised by the Germa t physician for his daughter’s cure, and, after a lengthy discussion, gave his sullen consent to the imposture. I don't like .your German doctor —a t norough-paced charlatan, 111 warrant,' he said; “and I don't like palming off an impostor upon my po r wife. Bnt if you see any chance of good from this experiment, let it ba tried. God knows I would give my heart s blood to-morrow to bring Constance back to good health and reason.’’ This wa* said with unmistable oarneatne s, and Lord Clanyarde believed it. He did not know what bitter reaaon Gi bert Sinclair had for desiring his wife’s recovery in the guilty conacmusness that his brutality was the chief can e of her illness. “You are not going to bring some low-born brat into my house, 1 hope?” said Gilbert, with the pride of a man whose grandfather had worked in the 1 mines, and whose father had died f amrth a million. “No; we shall find a gentleman’s ; child—some orphan of about Christa- ! hoi s age—to adopt. ’’ Gilbert shrugged his shoulders and | id no more. That visit of the German physician I had certainly wrought a change in Constance Sinclair's condition, and 1

Dr. \\ ebb declared that the change was I for the better. Sho seemed to have awakened from that dull apathy, that utter b tterne*s of mind and' body, which both the London physician and the faithful country watch-dog had ; taken to be the precu sor of death. Fho was restless - fluttered by some expectation which kept her senses curiously on the ain't— wistful.watchful. ; listening—starting at every opening of ! a door, at every coming footf.il . On the morning after Dr. Hollen- • dorf’s visit she a ke I for her Bible. •nd began to read David s psalms of thanksgiving and rejoicing aloud, like , ©ne wh > gave thanks for a great joy. Later in the same day she went to the I piun > and sang —sang as she had never ' melody.' ’ ^roonhe found his patent sitting Tn an •rm-char by the window, propped up with pillows, much to the disgust of * Melanie Duport, who was on duty at this time. “I know she isn't strong enough to Bit up.” said Melanie to the Doctor; “but she would do it. She st cm. to b - watching for something or some one. Thf long window, opening on the balcony, commanded a distant e irve of the drive leading up t > the house, and it was on this point that Constance Sinclair’s eves were fixed. “What are you waiting for, ch a ■ laav?” asked Doctor Webb, in his . bland voice, that catossing tone in which medical men address feminine 1 and infa dine patients. In I) ctor Webb's case the blandnes* meant m »re than it usually does, for he really loved bis patient.

“1 am watching tor my child. They will bring her to-day, perhaps. The tt ange doctor told me she was not : drowned. It was true, warn'i it. J He ■ won't deceive m u There was some- < thing in his voice that made me trust him—something that went to my i heart. My darling was saved, and she ' is c ming back to me. You won't d 1 eeive me. I know. She is coming soon—soon—soon. Dear, dearest Dec- ' t >r Webb, is it true'.-'' “Dear Mrs. Sinclair, you must not agitate your.-elf in this way.” cried the Doctor, tlattered by this address. “Yes, yes, Lord Clanyarde is going t > bring von the little girl, and son'll be very f nd of her, I hope, and feel quite happy again.” Happy.” cried Constance; “I shall | be in heaven. Ask papa to bring her soon. ” j She was restless throughout that day i —sleepless all night. Sometimes her I wind wandeted, but at other times she ! spoke clearly and reasona dy of God s i goodness to her in saving her child, j «>n the following day the Fame idea ■ was still paramo mt but she was some- ' what weakened by her exei.ement and vostessness. and was no longer able to ait u » at her post of observation by the window. A- the day wore on the eld dull apathy seemed to be creeping over her again. She ay on her couch by th > firm s lent, exhau ted. noticing nothing that occurred around her: her j pulse was alarmingly weak, her eyes ' vacant and heavy. If ih y don't bring th ■ child soon • it will be too late forth ■ experiment, thought Dr. Webb: ‘an i if they do 'bring it the excitement may be fatal. God guide us aright'.'' It ?.as dusk when Lord Clanyarde's brougha n drove up to the p rch. and Lis lordship alighted, carrying a child muffled up in soft woolen shawls. and fast, asleep. Gilbert Sin lair had not yet returned from his daily ride. Ine house was dark and empty. Lord G a tyarde went straight to his daughter's room, where Dr. Webb was sitting, to 'anxious to leave his patient till t! e crisis which the intended experiment might produce had passed safely. Dr. Webb was not pa-tic larly hopeful about the strange doctor's plan. “Such good news, my darling,” said Lord Clanyarde, with elaborate cheerbilness: “pray don't, agitate yourself, my dear Constance.”

She started up from her sofa already and tottered toward him with outstretched arms. 1 “I have brought you your baby. The little pet was not drowned, after all and some good people in Germany took eaie o. her. You will find her changed, of course—three or four baby” ma k° s Buc h a difference in a Constance neither headed nor hoard. She was sitting on the floor with the newly awakened child in her lap, hm--- 1 ging it to her breast weeping sweetest terns over the soft, cuTv head, breathing forth her raptu e in low, in- I articu ate exclamations. The firelight shone on the picture < f mother and child clinging together thus—the lite one submitting uncomplainingly to i those vehement caresses. Thank < od.’ ejaculated Lord Clan- 1 yarde within himself, “the doesn't as.< a question, poor child. Sho ha n't the faintest suspicion that we re deceiving her.” He had chosen this hour for the in- 1 Induction ot the infant impostor so that Constance's first scrutiny of the baby features should take place in Goubtful light. If first impressions were but. lavorable, doubts would hardly arise afterward in that en- - feebled mind. Only when reason wis fully restored would C onstance begin to ask awkward questions. Tliis evening she did not oven scrutinize the baby face; sho only covered it with tear, and kisses, ami laid iit against her bosom and was happy. She accepted this babv stranger at ! once as her lost Christabel. Dr. Webb was del ghted. Those tears, those caresses, those gushes of happy love—wnat medicine could work such cure for a mind astray? I pon my word, 1 beli we vou have done the light thing, and that your German doctor is not such a quack as I thought him," whispered the little man to Lord Clan . arde. ; He had still better reason to say this three or four hours later, when Ct n | stance was sleeping tranquilly—a । sound and healthy slumber such as she had not known for many wearv weeks with the baby nestled at her side. I Mr. Sine air heard of the success that had attended the experiment, and I teemed glad, or as gia I as a man could j be who had pressing came for trouble.

< H AFTER XXIII. “EXcELLEXT HAHIL!BK ’ —TVRN VFON THE V( LTVRE ” If fortune in a general wav is a capricious and uncertain di initv, a.--;suredly that part culur goddess who presides oyer the affairs of racing m m . is most given to tricks and starts, to > sudden frowns and unexpected smile,. Gilbert Sinclairs newstables, had up । to the Deginning of the present year. I brought tiim nothing but ill luck’. So unvarying had been his hldu k that his trainer and grooms gave full wop’ to their superstition, and opined that the stables were un uckv, and that no good would ever eo m 'out of them, i “The o had been a murder commitU'd, ’ WrvU^lUU^ tvik’. Mj, .»..»• w^.*> t ' stables se n e l three p *lp »t>lo hit*. Hut this was not all. Mr. Sinclair had bought a colt at Yoi k tw > years b> for.> with all his faults and ail his cq. gage nent • the engagements long I art < ularly heavy, and the faults ini eluding one w hich the veterinary auth rities believed might be :atal to the ai.imal's career as a racer. The colt wasMf renowned line ige one both sides, and had a gen al >gy that wen back to J his grandsire ai d bristled wish fa x-us names a e<4t in who-o future s me i magnate of the turf would do..bileshave speculated two or three thou-and, i but for t hat unlucky splinter. I Gilliert Sinclair bought the colt for ; two hundred and fifty, under the advice of liis trainer, a shrewd \ < rkshire man. w.io loved a bargain be: er : than the best pureaasc made in the

regu ar wa.. "He's got the T-mchst me and the specter bio d in him. " .-aid Mr. Ju nson. the t -ainer. 'He s b und to coimoat a flyer, if we can cure that oil' fore- ■ But suppose we don't. Jack-on said Gilbert, doubtfully. “Two hundred and fifty's a 14 of money fora lame horse. : nd his engagements v. ill come t > a good o.t more.” * You tn ty as well lose your money on him a- on anything el e. mayn't you.-’ ’ rgued of his employer's jud rment, and did not Mi-. Jackson, who had no e-a ted o, inion t Vmble hi rsel to protend a greater icspect than he felt. The bos’ o mo iis b.d small in the eyes of his trainer. “You let me have that there colt to miss a id sav no more about it. Tr 11 lx' a fad for me. 1 night to have my fancy sometimes. Yon h .ve yours, and a fat lot comes of it. ” Thus urged, Gilbert bought the colt, and John aackson took him under his wing, and made him his pet and darling. shutting him up in impenetrab e loose b "-os. and oxer Ding him secretly in the morning gray in sc que-tered paddocks far from the eye; of to its. Mr. Jae son had children chillren who climbed on his kn es and called him fat her in childhood's li-ping syllables lut there was a pride in John I Jackson's eye and a t n lerness in his vei e when he spoke of Goblin, the bay colt, which his children had never been i able tn evoke. I “I want to win the Derby before I die,” he said, with a touch of sentiment, like Moses sighing for the land of Cinaan. “ t isn't much to ask for, after having done my duty by a blessed lot of screws.' Nobcdy —m t even Mr. Sinclair bimsell —could ever penet ate tho veil < f mvstery with which Jackson surrounded his favorite. Whether Goblin was doing well or ill was a secret which ; Jacks n kept locked within his own , ■ breas'. When Jackson looked gloomv ; the underlings in the stable concluded : ! teat Goblin was “off his feed.” or that - ! Goblin was “up tonoug it.” I ' When it came to the contest of a - i trial, Mr. Jackson shrank from the ; I contest, and wi en com) ell -d to run his j protege against the best horse in the listib.e, secretly weighted Goblin in - such a manner as to insure his being , I ignomini usly beaten. j Goblin kept uone of his two-year-old

though ^fr. [jackson that to admit b y fh {9 time hl wiJ ® A 7r 9 , no more 4 mc than ain t to let him oldrac^ s'’ 5 '’ bw strength in two-year- ]... ® aid Jackson, decisivey cill« ? t gotten Bon lie Dun lee.” lvbe^P-at?h al r SUbmifctedunwUlin ^ his lnX g n f hh tlme vep y low down in for any suecesswhlch^ig income : wis > redeem his position Ppmbloom, and hiwthorm - d , c b° stn ‘'t warbling iheir vesoen'ik ni £htingales -mueh more taS ant , e „ au ' l sand Guineas. And now lhou ’ forward to perform h= s iir^t J* engagement as a three rtant Gilbert Sinclair was^tT° ld ’ snd5 nd for his patience. 1 ^^^^ded Goblin- a horse entirely unknown tn the racing public-eame ib an <Uv winner, and Gilbert, who had tak n j his trainers advice, and 4d backed his hor e to the utmost cartacitv won p ..mil rortmm. M woRWeX” ' tho^/erb™ Üb ° Ut hl " ° ’^^t^ns for I It was the first g.eat success Gilbert | Si clair had ever had upon the turf an Ihe left Xewmarket tn<t night al- ! m ist light eaded with aJS^trmeat. j Things had been going 3 ia ic h be‘ ,e ” , since January. Toe uwj? j ltt d gno i back to their work in th^C r im’ **orth. j India i steamers were u®.,- Mr. Sinclair's coal as fast as J produce it. The go deiTTl fl? w«rWxting into his exche ]uar again, and Bis banker's book no longe ■ presenO a dismal blank unon its left-hand B/ges, Iho success at New uarket wdK t .e crowning mercy. He felt hims^Wa rich man once more, and laughed to scorn the notion of surrendering Imvenant at midsummer. Wyatt had iou.ht and l aid for the estate, but? of course would be glad to se.l itair do ata profit. The scheme for Constancy Sinclair’s restoration had prospered wonderfully. Health and strength had returned, and with the e the clear light of reason. She had never doubted the identity of the littl girl Lo d Clan.arde had brough her t iat winter evening with the c tild -he h id h st. She had readily accepted the story a somewhat lame one—of the child’s rescue by some kind German peasants who had brought it over to England. where by a curious Chain of clr cumstan •> s, I ord Cianyarde had come to know of its existence. The little girl was known to the whole household as Mr. and Mrs. Sinclair’s own child. Thore would b^ tune enough by and by toieveal the impinture. F>en Martha Briggs little Cliristabew devoted nur e had never suspectea the trick that had b en played up|m’hcr mi* tress. I’he on y meinbir of the hou ehold tha* Lad sh wn my particular curiosity or desir > to know the ins and out* of this bu*ine-* was Melanie Du|K>rt. That young woman had asked a- many questions as she could venture to put, and had app’ured somew. at mystified by the course of ^ents. So there had been peacf at I’aven ant during the ear y spr.n^ t'onntanee had b© n qu et v ha py in the little girl's society, and in thdseMoys which the convalcscont fee * wlwn a world that ha< L en darkened toltae wander ing mind r< ippea * in ail flight and l>eaiity Never had tbo^Brcsxlw ami field.*, the I due April rkvjnd liver, M’.’ined so lovely ayes cd « stance Sinclair * - • in wUsJiUe wde w ’ ■ • • ■, > Her li foier^^ kh. I ■ her. but in h p irom Davenant. and d d rouble h<T repo «* by Alling t' e h with his racketv com anion* Mr. Wyatt ca ne n wa 4 then for a da, or two, bat he wa th«4»'nly guest during the tranquil * rihgime. Thus st od matters i awv in May, when Goblin won the Tw^ Thousand Gu.i.eas. a: d, in the trainer's phraseology, brought his owner a pot of money.' THE FIGHTING POWER OF CHINA About n 'I Ilion st, n in ti c Army Now :m<l Muir More A^KUsbtr The fighting p wer of Chinese militia when armed with m >dern weap ms i~ evidenc- d bv the frequent repulses and defeat- which the I ren h su ered during the c.>mpa gn in i onquin, the la*t being that of Gen. Negricr. near LangSon. nine day- U-foie the f rauo-t >i n ,.,. t’-ca*- of pwe wa* signed, an i wi.en tlie Erencn army of occupation in I'on jiiin had been rai ed to 4‘,0 h) men. Thee < hinese troops were merelv lovie* from Yunaan. Kua g tang, and Kvaug si, and not part of the 13 ,o h>. w.io i nd been trained by European <• .c t- in No. them China- Th” total arnn of China at that time, including «> “'.W> militia, known a> th • gr*m . az army, scattered through the variou* i rovim e*. was -aid to Vo ab mt l.uo >.ii i i men. In time of necessity this for. e could be largely in reased. The following quotation from an author who had experience with Cen. Gordons "ever victorious army” sho-8 Chinamen arj a imirably suitable so; soldiers: ’The old n dion Is pretty well got rid of that they are at all a covin rd ly people when properly [aid andp d ci--m > ed; while the regularity aid order < i their habit*, which dispqr them lo . pom e in < r rnarv P lUc o lo a daring l> rdvr.i-g upon r^klessness in time of w.ir. Their intex.-^en e and capacity for remembering fftets makes teem well-, tied for use in modern wariare, as doo- also the coolness and e tlmne-s of thei ■ disposition. Physical.y they a: c. on the average, not so stri n ; as Europeans, but considerably mote *o than m st of the other races of j the East, anil ( n a cheuo diet of rice, v. g-t bl s. salt fish, and pork they can go t: rough a vast amount of fatigue, wl.ether in a temperate climate or a troph-al cu;o. where Europeans are ilifitted for i xortion. Their wants are I few: they have no < aste prejudices and hardlv any apnetitc for intoxicating f.lipiors.” Will Try Women Gardeners, i it is aid that Lady Carlisle is train- , ! ing an entire staff of women to take , j charge ot the extensive grounds of her I ! tine 1 ork estate. She claims that t women, by right of their superior I tas e and judgment in everything peri taining to floriculture, shorn d be. ami > ' are, better adapted to the lighter work s of garden making than are men, and e । with th ? tendency of the age, which tl is to give w men the first chance at ? ever, thing, she is trying her experiment on a wholesale scale. —New York j Mail and Express.

victory for japan? WINS HER FIRST GREAT NAVAL engagement. De. P e ra t 8 Naval Battle in Which M any Chinese Are Slaln-ClUnese Battle-S Ulp Chen-Yuen Sunk and Two First-Class Cruisers Cnpturod or Destroyed. Th * Ch,n ®»« Out-Classed. The Japanese have been victnrlnwa big naval batt e of tho war lareest°batt an< r e BUnk next to tho S lmttu l eßhi P/ n the Chinese navy, ■the battle was fought Mondav nlm tiona v e ? peratel y contested, both nations being represented by large and ^ong fleets The Chinese, however thole ahi underßtand the handling of and ih^ P m lt a %? ell a * the Ja; anfse vantage P them at a serious disadat hand U V W- 19 ! ° f the f '£ ht are net I Vn^n d ’ butlt , lß known tha the ChenChin « 3 bUI ? k ? nd two other large Chim. Be vessels, believed to lie class crimnra, wui u either captured or ^so rO TI ; 103 . i of lifo waß « rf ' at a so. 11 e Chinese fleet carried near y LOW men. and lew, if any, e caped. I wo ( >erman officers, who were in command of the ( hen-Yuen. are reported to lie among the ost u so. Throughout the engagement the Japanese showed greater skill and ability in the handling of their boats, and coniequently had things much their own way. Their work with the guns was effective, and they also showed that they thoroughly understood the handling of torpedoes. The Chinese did the best they could, but they were lacking in seamanship and also in ability to handle their guns effectively. They demonstrated the truth of the claim that they have nothing like the ability and training of the Japanese seamen and gunners, ruid are at a big disadvantage on the water. <’rui«rr< Unlit by the Arm«t ron?i. The two cruisers said to have been captured or destroyed are believed t > be the . nes built’fir China by the Armstrongs They were modern war vessels and among the best in the P As I . w / py co yt a. harder blow cm! i hard v have liocn ' d- a t < 1 ;n । n a- -ibat- •> tha . tho tho big wur*hi:> • hin-\ uvn Tho L»* of lifo r- i. ?;uifi. ant com an d t<> it. although t at was -e.ere for u naval i battle The <<e .-Y en va -a l>attle-*hip of f 1,4 o tons di*pla e . ut, carrying 14* : Incise* compound armor atthowu'erUno. Her ba to'-y includ d four inch gun*, p teeted by an armor j breb»*twork, and two smaller Krupps. She was al*o f .rnishe i with eleven Hotchki** cannon and tulies for White- j head tor; edln ad iition, the » hen 1 Yuen had tw • " -iii'h and d-inch Erm p* iu her main bat« ry and u see- , ondary battery of Hot hki*s revol. ing , car. oil. : lo- ( heti-N uen was built for 1 China at th • >'et in Works. She wa, : a sister ship < f tho T ing-Yi en and was tho m >-t powerful warshiu in the i hi'.—e na . with the exception of j Ting-Yu n. ,) ,p n * Ofllrl il St .teinenU T.. ' f-d.'i,vi> g official statem nt of the di c It e- lietweeen China and Japan, wh: h iml to the outbreak of ho t', iti — Let eon the-o two co.mtries. ims ; ■ —a i-sn d by the Japanese Goverimm.t apan and China wer - appr< aching as, ttlement of these difficulties.wh n < hina su idenly requested Japan to withdraw her fleet from t'orea ar.d to give a formal comi lia: ce '/ m Jyi i Lfc, z I WIA : - m ; ■i E -J. ■ e? EMPEROR Op JAPAN. with the Chinese demands by the '2oth; otherwise the whole Chinese forces were to land ar.d a sea advance upon the part of China was to be made. The Japanese regarded this as an ultimatum: but. acting under the advice of the fr endly powers, they agreed to the proposals in principle in amended form, at the same time declaring that if the threatened Chinese advance was made on the fl th it would I e regarded as an overt act. It is conjectured that tho Japanese naval commanders were instructed to be on the watch for tho Chinese warships and, seeing the latter advancing on nuly 27, they opened lire. The Japanese do not believe that the Kow Shung, the Chinese trans) ort sunk by a Japanese cruiser, was flying tho British flag, but were that the : case they regard it as being a ruse. The Japanese indignantly deny the charges of brutality brought against the officers and crew of the cruiser • which sunk the transport. No official

- I? K * 3 1)6611 roc ®ived at Yokahama I of this engagement. Ge-muiy suspicions of Eussla. nieLn G ® rm ? n .P l 'esß regards with sus- I Picion Russia s attitude toward the Japanese-! hinese conflict, although the comments of the Russ an newspapers indicate that the bt. PeteJsbmn’ ^vernment is far from VeZSi S ' kche /eitPn^® ° action ' T he Vosscue zeitung says: alrZdv^nTh 8 ■ conflict 3 a re stHet t y hA e al /‘ j the effort 3to re* sti ict the war to collisions such as ablv w iTrt ° c f curred fail Russia probS WI! . a l ®^® l -®' lhis almost certainly will f. rce England to act.” Ilie writer concludes that the European powers soou win have t 0 inter . T e offlci aHy expressed at to^he P e iTi ardlng I t , h ® P° Bsibl « result of h ? ri PP lae Islands in the event of Japan becoming the dominant power , 1.l HCNG CHANC, PRIME MINISTER OF CHINA. in the far east. It is said to be possible that Japan might utilize the troubles at Mindanao Island. Malay archipelago, as a pretext to execute her ambitious designs. HOPE FAST FADING. Farmers, Speculator* an l Railroad Men Alarmed at the Pr< spect. The corn crop last year was worth $6t0,000,000 on the farm—almost three times as much as the farmers got for their wheat crop; and la-t year's crop was a com aratively small one and the average farm price was low, 57 cents. In IS>l the corn crop wa* worth sfioO,000,000 to the farmers. The corn crop is always worth to the country as much i as a l the oth r grain crops put to- : gether; sometimes worth a good deal more than ail the others put together. It is no wonder, consequently, that, the nrospei t having within two weeks suddenly changed fiom one for a full corn yield to one for a corn failure, everyone is excited, grain speculator, railroad manager, stock speculator and mercha t. The government report issued July I<4 indicated a corn yield of more than 2,0 Ri.oo ’,OOO bushels. The acreage was put at 70,000,00 q the condition, very high. Only once was the acreage any larger, in 1-vi, and that year saw the record-breaking vield, '2.112,000,000 bushels. I p to the middle of Ju'y there so 'ined nothing to mar the promise of the m—t imp »rtaut crop i f W. There ad' t has been dlsappoln’ed that tho farmer t> :in* tn worry, and only a ter the farmer ha* told of hi* fear- for a week or more that tl • speeuiator. raihoador or merchant begins to borrow trouble. s.mt- I nut.- Over the « <> it Crop. Eu’ now overs interest, fiom the Ar t to the la*t. is in a semi-panic over the corn crop which began with such ama ing promise and which has now ap areu ly been almost overtaken with I di-aster. “ Wo don t dare to say,” said General Manag. rst John, of tho Rock Island 1 ; abroad, “h w bad we believe the corn ' situation to be Half which the great granger roads haul takes its origin irom the v> i n crop- There is the grain itsel', about I'l'pxi'JW b shels, being hauled by the roads: 10 : .o o,Oihi bushels oi it to i hicagoa’one in good ye:.rs. There are the hogs and the cattle, bth de endent on the crop. It I is not any wonder that the rai road ’ officials are afraid to te I all ■ . their fears, n>r any wonder that the shrewd ones in Wall street are i getti: g <ut o their holdings of the < great corn roads, the Burlington, the ( Rock island and the ot: ers. The vessel men get three-qi arte s of their tonnage from Chicago from this crop. The elevat' r owner knows it is the grain which pours into Chicago all ' winter to pour out again in the spring 1 at the < pening of navigation. The general merchant is well aware that a curtailment of the important crop of the country, which feed* the live stock and furnishes all the carriers the bulk : of their tonnage, cannot be cut short , without cutting down the purchasing ! power of that part of the country which makes good times or bad —the , West.” low i Crops Nearly Kuine<L The drought has bten severest in : lowa and xebraska, the two States I which raise usually about 400.000,000 ' b ishels of corn, about one-fourth the । entire yield. There has been dry j weather everywhere in Illinois, Missouri, Kam as,'Oh. io, Indiana, lowa and Nebraska; but there has been partial relief of late except in the two biggest States. Half this crop is made in the seven States named and a quarter in the two States where the heat and dro ght have been the fiercest. “Nobody in Chicago,” says James ' Windsor, the well-known Des Moines : porkpacker, “appreciates the condition 5 of things in lowa. Tnere is no salvai tion left for ti.o large-t part of the i corn. It is dead. The heat and - drought have been enough even to kill 5 the hay. On my farm, where I had > tOn tons of hay la-t year. I cut fortyI five tons this year. t i Rain wou d, o c ur-e. relieve the * l situation everywhere. !• ven in lowa I and Nebraska there would b- a r. mi na ;t saved, possibly 200,000,000 bush- ) els, where 4 0,001,0: ti was originally ) I promt ed. Illinois has had the most - I rain and is in the best condition. The ; ac eage in Kan-as is very large and I showers there have helped to relievo 5 ' the exigency. But rain delayed new t ; every twenty-four hours means millions f more corn lost. That is why the signal ) serv ee map is the center of interest . early each morning, and why the 3 weather predictions are scanned so t ■ eagerly each noon, and why special dis- ? । patches frem the corn States are read 1 [ first of all each morning.

A TENDER SKIN. — The Repentant Village Barber Sored One on the slinister. The village barber had been completely “on the batter.” The carouse had been heavy and prolonged, says ?r l l r i » AII L 1 ° lk ‘ At ^ en kth, with credi* exhausted, the unne ved and debilitated shaver had been compelled to betake himself again to the exercise of hi 3 calling. Just then the minister, a kindly old man of the paternal school, heard that Tammas had ‘sworn off the drink,” and he considered that the opportunity would now be favorable to do as my mother used todo-that is, “improve the occasion.” Renton this laudable professmna l mission he sallied lorth. on entering the humble shaving shop of the remorseful Tammas, however, his kindly heart was smitten with compunction at the sight of the wretch before him. Poor lam mas, indeed, looked a melann na Trcni jlla g with unstrung neives, sn d Kiu s palsy, his bleared, bloodshot eyes looked up piteou-iy at the minister, who, inly thinking that it was "no good pouring water on a drowned rat,” swiftly determined to spare poor Tammas lor the nonce and reserve his sacerdotal censure till the noor "di jaskit craetur” was in »— better condition to profit b>- a gaod. straight talking to. He determjieo. there.ore, to make a kindly pretense that he had come in for a shave, and sat down, feeling assured that some opportunity would presently be afforded of saying his “word in season.” Now, Tammas was not aware of what was passing in the simple old minister's mind, and if the truth must be told, he was not so repentant as he looked. He was assuming a good deal of the broken-down and battered appearance which he presented. So, with a look of shamefaced penitence, with trembling Angers and in silent contrition (apparent,) he proceeded to envelope the minister’s neck in t e towel, and then began to lather his visitor in approve i tonsorial fashion. The minister eyed him with a mildly reproachful glance, which expressed volumes to Tammas’ conscious sense of guilt. Now he came to the critical part of the operation. He felt his nerves jumping, but by dint of a strong effort of will and holding one unsteady hand with the other, he manage 1 to bring the ra. or pretty deltly down the ample expanse of both the clerical chops. But, alas! when the wobbling blade ca i.e to the more intricate manipulation of the double chin the refactory nerves gave a disconcerting jerk, and lo! out gushed the crimson fluid over the snowy napkin. Now, thought the good minister—now is my time. Here is the opportunity I have teen waiting for! bo, addressing the abashed-looking TamID3S. WilO a. tnrrpnt. nf in _ _ drink are n o. once rose. He knew the worst was pa*U and his ready humor, camo t o the rescue in a flash of inspiration, as very demurely, but with a spice of lurking drollery, lie gravely replied: “I eed ay, meenister.' It mak’s the skin unco tender!” Tile Pill Beautiful. In the past the si c of a pill was often, to use Domime Sampson’s favorite expression, “Prodigious.” It was seldom coated, except when a little flour was s. tinkled upon it—a most illusive method of concealing its nauseous flavor, and lastly its surface was fre ueutly so adhesive in hot weather that it would fasten itself to the organs of taste like a lirapet to a rock. The chemist has enable I the pill manufacturer to reduce the si e of many pills by separating out the active principles of the crude drug in the term of alkaloids, the doses of which are verv small, sometimes not more than a hundredth part of a grain. With the aid of new Kinds of machinery, the modern pill receives an exquis te polish. A perfectly smooth and shining surface is produced by the action of two revolving plates. After that the bill is stuck on a pin and dipped into liquid preparations of gelatine. The e, on drying, give it a thin, hard, soluble coating For children, pills are made attractive by coating them with sugar and coloring them pink, so that they look and taste very much like confectionery. \ arious substan es have been used for coating pills. One seldom sees now pills coated with gold or silver leaf. It was found that t ese coverings did not properly conceal the disagreeable odor of some d.ugs, as valerian and asaf > tida.—Chambe^^Y Journal. Tomato Soup. Rimoldl of the Hotel Jefferson restaurant, gave me his recipe for “Tomato soup a la New ( rleans.” I ate it the other night, and t was so very good I asked the amiable proprietor how it was made. This is what he said: “Ery two good-si ed white onions to a golden brown in two ounces of butter, add a couple of ounc s ot raw ham, tw > large carrots, one gallon •an of tomatoes, two quarts of good broth, two small garlics, four bav leaves, a pinch of thyme, salt, and black and cayenne pepper to taste. Let this cook slowly for two hours; press through a s eve, remove the fat: add ten or a dozen of okra and let it come again to a boil until the okra is tender, then put in two heaping table-poonfuls of hot rice, which has been separately cooked for the purpose, and serve.” The above is for ten people, and it’s well worth the trouble.—Louisville Courier Journal.