St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 20, Number 10, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 22 September 1894 — Page 7

®J^< T L ^ ST I W®/ h VW MISS M E BRADDON f

IW Wgk ' f «® rAI Miw Ar^WZ/ My JO/ II mil! Jg CHAPTER XXVllT—Continued. Nirs. Sinclair s tvleg am inf< ruling him of her husband’s death, and outreating him to *.o to Mare: brook, disturbed the placidity of her father’s temper. a . . | “Poo • Sinclair ” ho muttered, with more fretfulness than regret. "I’itv he con dnt have died at a more eon- I ; venient the. 1 hate eros-ing ho L channel in an e ;utnoe ml gale And , ( what good an 1 do at Murchin ok. , ( However. 1 suppo o 1 must go W omen । are so helpless. She ne er cared much i tor him. p or child, and there s 1 avenant sti.l unmarried and devoted to , her. An exe dlent match, too. since , became intooldGiu Ilin s m nev. Piov- i iden'C orders all things or the L *:. " 1 hope I shall have a fine night lor crossing. ” , j ' He was with C.msta io ea" y on the following day. having lost no t me in obeying her summons. but h ■ was un pre, ared hr the aeematiousi.e brought against him. “Upon my life, Constance. 1 was omy a passive instrument in this who e atfair, just like little Webb, it was pit , to mo that this thing must 1 e done to j eave your lite, and I consented. “You let a str. nger take mv destiny [ into his hand *?” cried Constance, indignantly. “He was not a stranger. He love 1 j you dearly—was as anxious for your welfare as even I, your father.” “The German physician the whitehaired old man who told me to hope? Why he had never seen mu befoie in his life." “The man who told you to hope, who persuaded me to agree to the introduc- ; tion ot a spurious child, was no Gorman [ doctor. He was neither old nor white- ' haired, and he loved you devotedly for years He heard you we e dying of a broken heart, and came to you tn disguise in order to see if love could devise some means of saving you. The German doctor was Cy । riau 1 avenant. ■ ^^^^HJ^wa^anothei^Lov^orConstanc^M

^^wicke^andcmieT^ini^yfM^TmnSnmT no words of blame L r him. She remembered the gentle voice that had penetrated her ear and mind through the thick mists of madness, remembere I the tones that had touched her with a wondering sense <f something familiar and dear, lie had cmm to her in her apathy aid d spair, and from the moment of his coming her life had brightened and grown happy. It was but a delusive happiness. a f.i -.« peace; and now she must go back to the old agony of d< s ilati m and incurable regret. "You can at least tell mo wh > and what that child is, papa," she said after a long pause. "Indeed, my love. I know nothing except that Da venant told me she be longed to dec mtly born people, and would never be claimed by any cue. And the poor little thing "looked -o thoroughly cleaned and re -peelable — of cour-e at that age one >an hardly tell—-the features are so unde . eloj* d the nose more like a mors-c < f putty than anything him an but I really did think that the chi d ha I a th roughbred look: and 1 am sure when 1 hiw her last Christmas she looked as complete a la ly as ever came out of our Marchbrook nursery.” “She is a lovely* child,” said Constance, “and 1 have loved her ] a-sion-ately.” “t hen, m dearest girl, why not go on loving her ” pleaded Lord Clan-I yarde. “Call her your adopted chi d if you like, and keep her ab at you as , your pet and companion till you ar j married again and hav • children of your own. You can then relegate her i to her natural position and by and iyl get her respectably married, or portion ' her off in some way.” “No,” said Constance, resolutely, “I . will never see her again ” And all the while she was longing to J take the afternoon train to Hastings •

■maibrnfoin her da’ding. After this there was nothing n ore for Constance Sinclair to do but to submit to fate and consider K-ipoE once mo ea childless mothe”, sir <i*-vrian wa • am a., no 0..e kn ■ w whee, a d even ha>^h<> I eon in Pngl tod <' instance felt that th re won d be little use in knowing mote than she knew already. The know o he of thestra ■ e ch’ld s parentage c uld b- but of the sinal es import r.cc to her, since she meant to •an -h toe little ne from he ■ heart and homo. Lord ( lanyard ' and the 1 iwvers did all that was necessary to secure Mr.-. Sin'lair'- po.-iti m as‘inherit r of her husbands estates. The Ne.vmarket iable- and stud wore s >ld, and realized considerable sum, as the training .table was supposed to be the most perfect establishment of its kind - built on hygh nie j rinciples, with all modern imp -ovements and was warmly competed for by numer u. foolish young noblemen ai d gentlemen who weie just setting out on the broad road which Gilb rt Sinclair had t at eled at so swift a rate. Things in the North had been gradually improving: the men were groA'ing wi-er. and arbitration Let seen mater and men was tak- i ing the place of trade union tyranny. : Constance Sinclair found herself in a fairway to become a very rich worn- ; an. ca ing about as much for the money I her husband lad left as for tho withered leaver that fell from the Ma ch- j brock elms in the dull., hopeless au- ! tumn days. What was the use cf ■ wealth to a childless widow, who ^ould (

have boon content to live in a lodging of thiee rooms, with one faithful servant? CHAPTER XXIX. AFTER MANE DAYS. A common specific for a broken J heart when the patient happens to I e I ape son of hand ome ;or tune for your , pauper, hard work is your only ewe । is foreign travel. 1 ord ( lanyarde, who bate 1 Marchbrook, now suggested this remedy to his daughter. He felt that it was h s duty to afford her the bene- ; fit of his protection and society during ’ the first period of her widowhood, and it struck him that it would bo more i agreeable for both of them to lead a nomadic life than to sit opposite each I other on the family hearth and brood vpon the so: rows of this life or read . ti.e fami y Bi le “It would be quite the right season for Rome, love, if we were to start at ' once,” said Lord Clanyarde, soothingly. Constance yielded to her fathers suggestion with a graces il submission I that charmed him. She civil very little whithor she w. nt. Ihe little girl was still at Hastings with hon st Martha. Sho cried sometimes for 1 mamma, but was hup y.upon the whole, 1 Martha wrote wondering very much 1 why sho and her charge remained so long "way, Martha knew nothing of the i nge that had taken place in her darlings position. “Vety well, dear.” said Lord Clan varde. “You have only to g< t your boxes pa ked: a al. by the way, you had better write to your b inker for circular n tes. 1- ivo hundred will do to s a-t w ith.” 1 at her and daughter went to Italy and * onstance tried to find c mfort in those rla—ic scenes that are peopled with aug st shadow ; but her heart was tortur d by separation from the child, and it was only a res due pride that withheld her from owning th ■ tr oh that the litt e one she had l<lieved her own was as dear to her as the biby she I had lost । lord (lanyarde an 1 his daugh’e ■ Were driving on the < o. *<> om* sunny [afternoon in the La t t we >k when i the gentleman’s uttent u n wa- attra t- । ed by a lady who drove a phaeton with , a ] air of cobs capar so: ed in a fanita tical fashion, with slice liells on । their harness. The lady wa past Imr : first youth, but still wu< remarkably ' handsome, and wa dres*ed with aa * a tistie sense of co'or and a daringdis- ' regard of fa hion o the day dre s , d, i i a word, to io. k like an old po’tnre. and not like a m idem fa lo n plate “Who cun she Ih*?’’ exclaimed L-rd Clanyarde. "Her fa e seems familiar i to me, yet I haven’t the faoiV -t idea । where I’ve seen her.” A few yards further on he encountered an acquaintance of the Lomlon I clubs, and pule lup h s hore-s on purI pose to interro^a e h tn about the tin* ! known in the Spanjsh Lu*. L I

’! “Who is she?” repeated Lord Clan* 1 yarde. , < aptain Flitter looked curiously at ’ ■ Mra. Sinclair before he answe - “Her mine is Walai gham wi lew of a< Monel Walsingham coh ne' in th > Spani-h contingent rather a bad j a. g of co ir-o 1 moan the gmt cm in." A light dawned on L>rd 1 mnyarde s | memory. Yes. this wa* the >rU W al* । s ngham whom i» o Ie hact tai «»I pj o ,» i years ago, befo o *i iclau > ma ria audit a Sinclairs m n-v -h.- । spending now, in al pro* aMiitv < n । that fantastii u turn-out with its in | ling bells. Lord Clanyard<• f it bun I self personn'i'v aggriev, <t bv the lady and yet ho thought lio w. i like to see mo o of her. "Does she s’ay long in Kom > '*ho asked the club founder. ‘ she neve • >ta\■; hm- an who-,. I I believe v.-ry erratic, likes artist* and : musi< al i e pl and t hat s it<f t, : ■ 1 has reception ever. Satmia t-v. ; oi - I 1 always go < >llo tuect- ic- iPe . i doesn t see elsewhere: m t D or, --u ar . treadm 1. you know.” Lor»l t lanv ado asked no more. He wool .I e sure to meet l-'idt at ,ne - ! the artists’rooms, and eotiid k him ’ as many cre-tions about Mi* Wul-i'. ■- : ham as ho liked • The two men met that very eveni- ' and tlm result ot their < onver-a’imi ; was l.< rd C anyarde s presentati n to Mrs Wals ugha u at her Saturday rec p tion. She was very gm ions to him, and m ale loom or him on the ottoman w-hcre sho was seat d, the , i nter of a circle <>: e thusiastic Atm rie. n-, who thought her the nicest Ingiishw man they ha i ever me:. vV ho was that lady in deop mourning you were driving with ws’.Tda; ?’’ Mrs. Walsingham a bed * Lord C.a .- yarde, presently. xr. . \ »

“My yrtmpwrt daughter. Vr« <«•>- ' ciair. Y. . ’ - 1 ■ ; ■ yeas - ago 1 think. He i- mtelv dead "See I -aw his de th in the Limes in that dismal column where we shall all app. ar in due o urso of time, 1 suppose." "Yes, he died in "outh America You heard the story. 1 suppose A must unfortunate business—his con’., dontial solicit >r hot in Sinclair's own garden : y a Utt e French girl he had Veen f. olish enough t > got entangled witn. The jealous little viper contrived to give the polic ■ the slip, and Sinclair saw hi use f in danger of being brought unpleasantly mt > the busines , so he wis dy left the coun“You believe that it was Melanie Ibi ort who -h U .Mr. Wyatt?” Mrs. . \\ aisingham exclaimed, eagerly. “What, you remember the girl's name? Y'es, there can hardly be a doubt as to I.er guilt. Wh > else ha I any motive for kii ing him? The creature's letter luring him t > the spot was found in the park, and seo disappeared on the tn ruing of the ^tu der. Ihe c two facts are cnvincing. I should think,” concluded i .rd ' lanyarde, somewhat warmly. I ‘A es, sho was a wicked creature,” 1 said Mrs. Wasingham, thoughtfully; 1 i she had a natural bent toward evil ” i I “Vou speak as if you had known 1 her. ” Mrs. Walsingham looked confused. I "I read the account of that dreadful business in the newspapers, she said. ; “I hope Mrs. Sinclair has, quite ivcov

ered from the shock such an awful event must have caused her.” "Well, yes: I think she ha« recovered from that. Her husbands d ath following so quickly was, of course, a blow, and since then she has had another trouble to bear. ” “Indeed! 1 am sorry,” said Mis. Walsingham, with a thoughtful look. “Yes, we did all for the best. She was dangerously ill, you know, about a year and a half ago, and we—well, it was foolish, perhaps, though the plan succeeded for the moment —we made her believe that her little girl had been saved from drowning at Schomosthal, in the Black Forest. You may have heard of the clroumstanco.” “ Yes, yes." “It was quite won erful. Sho received the strange child we introduced to her w th delight—never doubted its identity with her own baby ani all w -nt on wo’l till poor Sinclairs death; but on his doath-b d ho wrote a letter telling her —" “Tt at the child w»is not her own!” exclaimed Mrs. Walsi tgham. “That must have hit her hard.” “It di !, poor girl. Sto has not yet recovered the blow, and I four i over will. What I most dread is her sinking back into the state iu which sho was the winter before last.” , • "Where is sir Cyprian Davenant " asked Mrs. Walsingham, somewhat irrelevantly. "At the other end of t e world, I sup pose. I believe he star,ed so • Africa last autumn.” "Wast ere not some kind of ear y attachment between him and Mrs Sinclair? l’ardon mo for asking such a question. ” - \ es, 1 b diove Daven n* would have propos d f< r Constance if his eirc imstau os ha t pr.mitted him to hope for my eon ent. ” I’oort How! And ho carried his broken he rt to Africa, and cu ne b.ck to find a f rtuno waiting for him, and your daughter married. Do you not think, it be weii' t> return now, Mrs. Sine air might be conaalcd for the les* o her * hild by reunion with the | lover of her girlhood?” "1 doubt i an .thing would rec ncile her to th • loss of the little girl. Her asses tion lor that child was an nfatuation. A pair of pieturoK’iie Italian* began ; a duet b, Verdi, and the oonver.-a ion I between Mrs. WaLirgham and i ord ! ( lanyard went no t. ther. ledi 1 not mak • any offer of bringing C<»n- I st n- e t<> the lad * receptions for the i memory o that eld al.iar.ee b-tw on I Mr . Wal ingham ani Gill-ert Sinclair hung like a clou I me ■ her reputation. No ' ne had any -peeitr- cnarg>- ’<* bring against her. but it w * remoraliered t at Sind ir had b-cn her devote! -lave for a long time and ba i ended hi* slavery by marrying somebod. As the w.-eks w<»nt ro md < - n-tanca showed no improvement in health or s iriU i’ridc wa- nlaking a orry struggle in tha‘ broken I earl. She would not go back to I nglard and the spuriousCbristubel, though o’ h art yearned for that guilt o * ni|w>*tor. She would n<»t suffer anothe wo nan’s child to h< Id the place of her I » dar* ling, no, not oven Uw uh that strange chile ha I made st e f deader to her thau Hie-

■r-HTT t- Lplea ures of th . .Wim hi| ,‘q c lv mvS th •*»* delightful menhus at Mrs.’Wal* sing ham s "< ni<- medical man tin. abm« mo with typh hi fever a>»i all n aimer of h«»r---r it I keen niv t I t r p / <h»n 4 kn«jw, WaL ’are;v-4y: "the me better than any oth’>r, I atn tired t»<bat *cf I ondon nnd i’arit* The r o if we mu-l U* ' urh’d a* all: but b f i hav ' Ih'en very in them \ < haiiu nij s, e hvha'kaiuv tuit onb, for this fa t bit for ihv that have o in * its level About the fir-- cmit.ir. of 1 our era, th. re ■- no m u t Hint the s evel of t e -ea stool cignty-tive feet I above it* present hori.cn, and, of j e u^e spr< a.i over a vastly more ex- i ten-ive u-et than nt pre-ent. Tne i Hus-iant.c oui- al S - iety ha - printed . a treat se, w.utte i by a, M. Philiimf. i rm the-e remarkable change- - f k-vet | Since the e rly part of theChri-t.a i era, age . era and gradual decline of j tne lex el of the sea ha taken place. In *

the eighteenth cm’ trv, h >wevcr them v " ", ‘ b n .. <, v r „. ; . uing of t o p .-ent century there has i boon a a:, but -ince Mogim* ' fr. m recent < b e cation-. th»» kvelhas i been h gher. J.ieub-nant Sok cff. a naval o" cer, 1 ynim wo: icing in Hie Caspian regi m • rom 1c . i > ; C. collected much information. He found that in the pres- i ent centar. it had ris n causing gre. t i appi ehe -iou among the inhabitants o- an inundation, and gi -ing ri-e to the Leaef n periodical variation ev ry thirto n year.-. 1 ereh. while in Baku, J,’." 1 an d 'A , found submer md omLlmgs which had sto d on dry land thirty years b o ore, and he mentioned a saying oi the Per dans that the s-a lose and fell altornatel e-erv thirty year-. M. Ph i : o has made a special stu b of th. whole ..uestion ln<p irmg into the c utses of these changes of level, he fin Is a variety of inlhienees at work, such a- the wind driving the wuitoi- i ,w rd- certain coasts, tem[ oratui e oy the air causing in summer e anoratum and consequent fall in level. Hivers, ram and earthauakes are also am ng the active agencies causing fluctuations from month ta month ;<nd fr m day to day. Our Savior Walked. An elevator up Mount Calvary is in construction for the benefit of nilgrims. Very Comtortahle Income. 1 ho King of Bavaria has a salary H jyi,-A2,< ot)a year.

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. Noughts worthy op calm REFLECTION. Inter ®»ttag, and Instructive 77°“' ttDd It Muy Be Found _ Sat»e aPne<l Wn<l Concls ® Review of the Umun for Sapt. S 3. honrt Un t -“Ibmlel t urpesod In his Dan. I; ‘ wou ld not, delile himself. »_ thl^Kn^ ° is tho B ^>Ct of T m,„ a !“ ls found in Dun. 1: t <O. virtues is ‘ no of th ’ 1 regressive thim»- ance to ’d a y is somevestml ean J 0 * 1 er i-i' an temperance . stoidny or day bes. re yesterday i here wa< a time when it was suppdsoaiv temperate to drink moderately, or only on muster days, or Christ- i lasm-yew Year’s o-to drink only a । » ass at a time. _ Th it time Ims ) a-sed. i today moderation is not temperance, ■'lit hough the words may mean very much th-- same. With the d ink such as is t -day, the natural appetite such Tl- it is, tho pub jc con-cioneo s ch as it is, n > man can be <«al ed a tr et tem>)g>anco man who touches strong drink Ja buve.-age. Tein, eramc. at this ^age if the batlie, thi r mgh-going tempo-ance, is total abstinence, nothing short.

“Daniel purposed in his heart." A , good purpose goes befor - all go >d eon- . Inet. Determine to do ight and sth k to it. ‘That 1 e would n >t.” 'I he t- t wi 1 come. Well or Hie lad that practjees in his do et, God helping, that little word ’ no.” He will need to be brave; he w 11 need to lie fixed amt firm. Have e urage, my tmy. t > sa. no “The kings meat.” Doubtless Daniel broke with the fashi n of the day wh in he said “no ” The king ate asd drank thus; everybody did it Why not he? “i.very oily but me. then ” I s-ald Dan e! 1.0 l give us young nen | who ar<> w 11 : g to stand alone stand i ah ne with ( od Hints in i ItliMtrßlionv. Tern: crane ■ i* a matter of principle, j and a« such i* ave-y pers mal an i : practical ■u- — tion Aou look long ■ through th- w id for explicit injunc t‘on* against the u*c of li.uor. The ! prim ip!e is there but not the express c mmand. We are forbidden to udih o relic* we arc L r idden to de । aught that would make on • brother ti I N.. man in this day m l genera ton. can apply thes<> tw > prtn ,dj D-* jt.st and fairly and cent nue j in the u eof that w ich. in the end, i* respon iblo for half if no' tw -thi ds of the outlawry and distress of modern times. The principle of love t » God rnd man, the mind of ('hri«t settlel the whole co .tn>vcr*y i’ut the qu 'stion directly What : ran I do to as 1 m the eau o of t >mj>er lance' Get answers. Some w L -ay, I 'join a tosn|«»rum o organization:’ an- ■ oilier, ‘vote the temperance ticket.' j arol't.w, 'pieach aid t ach temperate prin ip es ' another, ft a go< d i example of temp r» co in a l thing*;' another, ‘get distinctive tempera c» nio the « hool books r -p J ‘ । d • inoth r, si n the old-

ml° r ” derf- an-'hvi, o—.*»•*<.. v ». m L imr .^i! ’ r ’ o in vns -h a । can huvo a ; art, ami n > ' fl^'ht' * n । W arfar -. Weare tve and. Ik* alert. b> active. Ferhaps aa many r< *j» n o-of a jertinent i an t p mte l ort may jgotten to the |CO verse o lhe«pm*tion, d - Row ma> I dock «r im de the can oof । iJun-nt t Jt* claims, by critud*ing toxica niLc -. r iti ii-p > -ti nby eslirpaihm of the atr-’deu’ -al on- H- ; i poiui. i-'.n U) I I thill n* by r it in the iel ar t»r on . •»<*<>.«u Ot I’y <i.it when übr ut. bv t •* t ¥ ruml*i puriMwcs. r Fhcr« bil'i’lert UyT tvlll i »* if ti'vj ciiCsi en - hju ’ .ci »* Hiiiis f ’a rouiHi the ’>* wIU fur t’ in orun 0 1 f>r th-- -wh »ar.‘a* ooda-deai. The I man who t ike* t • -tr< ng dr.n < is like i la - man who in de ia r a d ilesjera ! tion eap* into tlo d ami ti e. That ii : a good w rd that Dr. A. G. Law on . st>er.ks about the ini uitous habi' of i firms’ ng wlv-n abr ad. A certain kind ;of tuduigent counsel has p evailcd wth many travel, rs - < h a n.akc- [ them toi • mre home habi * ami home j prhichd *a. d i a ’.ak. of wine and i e r

| acw Sdm wat >r. "It i- n, t- . e. th j \ < u take your life in your baud to adh* re rigidly to total a stinence tvuions. I'e.vare: there are always 1 -enty to give this s< rt of weak advice. ; d ( tors •!,(> e are who would make you . ■ 1 . VOtir li '' even ho e is end ■ temperance. : btene-t they are nen who have no? i <'ru ■es ;eg;y ing strop; drink and ■ d©\ are unit ■ wiling to have you ' 'Uth them. lut w itch the t min oate and the indulgent a r. ;.d. e i ow । they round up t e ourne., a- i r Lak son, can testify ;rom ] ed-onal '■xperien o that a ma; can tra cl hea tv fully abroa ; and ?ea total abstuine.-. Let us all ag ee o it. tni- much at least, the saloon must go. Christians, ; ^ecularilts and ail ought to see ihe 1 t’udence ( f such a determination.

Next Lesson cview. I <1 s in Scw Wortl^. It is a mighty dauby po trait that! looks worse than a painted ‘a 'O. Many'a man makes th ■ mistake of kicking the umpire instca I of himself. : The sucker swallows man . prophets, i while the whale could not. tomach one. | Indecision and anarchy in leaders ' lead to weakness and anarchy in results. The praises of an enemy are suspicious; they cannot Hatter a man of honor until after a cessation of hostilities I

FOILED THE ROBBERS FUTILE ATTEMPT TO HOLD UP A SANTA FE TRAIN. Railroad OIBcUU R oCO i ved Warn i ng ln Time of a Proposed Attempt to Loot an Express Near Gorin, Mo., and Armed Hetcctiven Were Ready. llullets Meet the Rol.bers. Train robbers in Missouri we e given I a early Tuesday morning ' । which they will never forget as long I as they breathe. It was the neatest ! job ever done in the whole history of Missouri banditry, and it was all planned more than three weeks ! ago. The attack wa i m ulo by | j a band of four masked men on 'i 1 the Denver express of the Santa 1 I Fe, carrying an express car with' ; consid cable money in it. The train ! was flagged about three- tuartors <.f a I mile east of Go in, a little town in the ; n< rthern part of Miss >uri, and before I the robbers had time to boat J it a voli Icy from ten Winchester rilles I-elched out flame and lead into their very faces. Fanie stricken, the robbers tied i to the woods, with a posse of Sheriff s men and rai road detectives in hot pur-

[ suit. The story of the robbery and the e’ever way in which it was balked reads • like a r. manee. Three weeks ago. tin n. t e . ttlcials of the road leceived word that the Denver express was tn be hold up and at once began preparations to give the lob' ers a warm receptio n The : expre-8 train is the finest and , fa-test train that runs on th * road of the Santa le. It leaves Chicago every afternoon at ooclock and travels like the wind alter il gets out into the open, it carries the Wells-Largo oxj re-* car to the Wc-t and this car i> always loaded with ircasure. Being in f 11 ; o sessi n of the plans of the robbers, the officials were in rea in.-** to greet any demonstration of lawle—ne s w th a showe • of leal, l ig t a-med d puties, together wi h sherri S,l ng of Sc >tl.u d County ard City Mar ha ivrne* of Memphis, Mo., were *ta‘ one I on the train to w<>l< eme the bandit-, Engin er l':e colt was in-tructed to st p t u- tra n a* soon as it wa- fagged, but, unf rtunatelv f< r him. he did not act < uickly enough to *uit the robbers, one o whom shot hi n. the bal striking him in the *h -elder and produc.ug a s.-vere wound which, however, will not prove danger, us. At this juncture the sheriff and deputies o; one 1 tire, and the robbers licit a ha-ty retreit, breaking for the woods where their her e* were tied. All the while the oh ver* w.-re smoting at the fleeing men. but only i ne shot t < k effect and thi* did no l etter than to wound < n of th" men. A gray horse was killed and anothv ' wa* cat tnrvd. while the four nv-n e? off on the < ther two anima's, followed by the possu. SLAUGHTERED BY JAPS.

' ri»»«i'"inti < hlnpsn soldiers Ktltod D tat * o th-- batHe between the ( hine-v md Ja a-o-o forces at Ping an ; *h<»w u ..vcHfvo victory for the ■ laps and :ho utter rout o the ( hi- : . -c, Ttv. battle was opened at davbreak by a .lai>ane-e cannonade of the t ine-o work-, which wa continued wi’hout c i*atio i until afterno. n. the 1 _ ’ reg. i.d ng. Ihe work ' "‘ ‘ 1 •’ heavy guns showed g‘»o. p ac.iee. rtofiiing continued

at at'iiaL Luring the night, « n ' l > the meantime tvo Japanese .liking (( mm hud for.;.e lac >i don a. * 1 1 lln* t■: n. - . .\t•» (> »’lo kS un <!a . tuoming an att n k was made by the 'np.Mie- • column- simultaneously t‘ ? with ndmirahs- precision. The * hn.‘--' vere complet-ly taken by ' thrown into a panic. H mor.- - w- r- ent down and those who C--lip (I death, finding them<elvts sarrouii.il d ut every point, broke and p <l. “ Ollie of \ iceroy | i Hung 1 hang's Euru| ean Tri let tr tops sto >d their ground t > t ;aeastward and were *: ’ down to a man. Tim p, ng Sun c mm. warming ov.-r the defon-esin :r ... . comp ..'mJ t ... roat. Half an ho r a t<-r ti e at tuck wa< opened t e p li; - a' Ping 1 ang wer.. in po - e—ion of the Japanese. it i» estimate i t. at 2*‘,(XM) Chinese so Her- were engaged Li the batt e. I’-.m iapa ie-e capt ned immense store, of provi-ions, munitions of war, and hundiods of c lor.-. Th ■ Chinese less i-e-timated at I .no killed, wounded and taxen prisoners. Among taose capture v the . auanes ■ a e several of the Chine-e C 'mmanding officers, including T.-o-Fung. commande -inchief of the Manchuria i a-my, whe wa- sev, e ; weun led. The Japane-e lo - i only thirty killed and 270 wounded including e even < Leers, Mo-t o the cas billies among the Japanese oc c ' ed during t!i ; lir.-t day'.-* lighting.

auu ver,- few wor- the result of the nudit attack. World’s Record Smashed. M oral s r cords went a glimmering Over the Terre Haute tra k, which holds all but two of the fa test three heat- ever paced and fastest two-year-old pacing lecord. The exc te'ment va< at fever heat wh. n the -tarteranno .ne d that Kobert J. won d go tc bout his <wn record, 2:OJ . Geers was u > behind the pacer and at the second | tria ! ti e word v,as given. The clip was so fast that the p; c smaker fell behind, th' l.rst quarter beuig done in .‘lo, seconds. Pp then he went at even a faster gait i and lie was at the half . treteh in । Ikiwn the third quarter unbeaten the I gelding ean.e like a whirlwind, and he was at t'.e pole in 1 ;30 . It was almost impossible to re. train the pent-up en-tiim-ias n. Witn two ( r thre • gentle

1 its I’obert J. passed under the wme । in _.OiL ■ The recent shell tests at Indian Herd by the ordnance c mmitteo of the navy have beer; completed. Four 10inch shells of cast steel made b, the Johnson Com, any, t f Sp yten Puyvil, and two of f aged stael made by the Midvale Cempany were fired at an Pinch Harveyized plate. Commodore Sampson says the shells proved highly satisfactory. j Two masked men “held up” twenty men in Peab dy’s gambling room near Helena, Mont., and secured several hundred doll»«“v

HOOSIER HAPPENINGS NEWS CF THE WEEK CONCISELY CONDENSED. What Our Neighbors are Doing—Matters of General and Local Interest—Marriages and Deaths—Accidents and Crimes—Fer* sonal I ointers About ludianiami. Minor State Items. Roc y cream ery, near Shelby. Ville, burned. Loss, $5,000. so-u'n d T contains more than erty °' °° f U ' a ’ ° gIaSS works Piop- ! pa P® r 3 think that town 18 a tegular heaven n w because the [ saloons.are closed on Sundav. : A Laporie justice of the piece fines any man who spits tobacco mice, on the 1 noor during the progress of a trial. I i. i HK Diamond Plate-glass Factory at • I’Jwood has started up the remaining departments of the plant, and it is now running at full capacity. Al' the homo ot S 3. Jett, t ehunon, 1 lilohert Jett wuh nhot cUmk! \>y — - । cousin, John Eleenen of Virginia, who 1 was visiting him. Fleenen was shoot- , I ing at a .hat thrown into the air/Coro- [ ner Porter rendered a verdict of acci- . | dental shooting. William Scott, aged orty. was

j smothered to death in Hoosier slide, Michigan (*ity. He was engaged in [ loading sand at the foot of the big sand h.ll when a cave in occurred bury- ; ing him. He was taken out two hours later. Scott leaves a wife and child. Mrs. William Miller of Brazil was pouring coal oJ in the stove when ■ the tuel ignited, making a feaful ex- | plosion, enveloping her in flames. Her cries for help were not responded to for a short time, and when neighbors reached her every stitch of clothing was burned from her body and her flesh was burned to a crisp, she cannot recover. Ben Caldwell of Lewisville, has an eight-day clock, eight feet high, t hat tells the time of day. day of month, and the moon's phase.*. The clock was made by Mrs. ('aidwell's grandfather. 75 year* ago. He cut the wheels from brass plates and hammered out the steel pieces Every piece of work about it was made in an bld grist mill near Connersville. John Harris, an ex-soldier and night poli en an at Noblesville, while on his rounds dis overed burglars had gained an entrance into Metsgar's planing mill office. Harris was fired on and wounded in his right thigh. The burglars ran past the electric light plant when they fired at Lit ville, on employe, who was standing in the door, alter which they escaped, going west. The Whitewater River, down below Richmond, istille 1 withdead and dying fish, alleged to be due to contamination from the city's sewage. They are seoo] ed out by the shovelful, and residents along the river for miles coinplain that fish are seen daily floating on the surface, and the stench arising from tin' mass is dreadful, nas been appealed to~_ —

John Lewis’ -Lvear-ohl child was saved fro n instant death at Greenfield, the other night, in a very peculiar manner The little fellow was sitting on the Panhandle tracks when the limited mail came thundering along. W hen within a few feet of the child a small dog- tried to jump across the track. The engine hit the canine and , knoeke 1 it. against the child, the force being great enough to land it out of the way of the train. The dog was killed.

, ' 01. t. !■. Briant of Huntington, ! Ind., and Adjutant Allan li. Douyall of I ort Wayne, have issued the following call to the comrades of the EightyEighth Indiana \ omincers: “The annual reunion of the Eighty-Eighth Indiana Volunteers, infantry, will be held at Kort Wayi.e. Indiana, Wednesdav. < >cto er 10,1*94, Regimental and company meeting at 10:t0 a. m. Reunion at 2:00 ]i. m. Camp fire at 7:00 p. m. We would be pleased to have you all with us once more and vour wives and families. Please notify the Adjutant whether you can be present. ” Ran Giles, one o the oldest citizen- living two miles east of French Lick, was found dead in his potato patch late the other evening. He is supposed to have been murdered while digging potatoes. AVhen found by his son he was lying on his face, with his hoe yet in his hand. At the Coroner’s in [i est he was found to have had sc ore blows on the back of the head; also a wound on his side. There was no sign of any struggle, and he seemed to have been killed instantly. He was known io have had about $35, but when found only sll could be found on his person. He was over r 0 years old, and is supposed to have been murdered for his money. There is no clew to the murderer. A wreck occurred on the P., C., C. & St. L. at Middletown. Local freight

No. 75 was on tne main track and No. . TJ, the last mail, in charge of Conductor Case and Engineer Charles Runnel 1, was due. This train does not stop there, but usually goes through at a speed of forty or fifty miles an hour. The flagman had gonebuta short distance, when the fast mail came down the hill at terrific speed. The day was foggy and Eng neer Runre 1 did not see the lag until within a short distance. He reversed his engine, but too late. The passenger crashed into the rear end of the local freight, and the caboose and two box cars were ground into kindling- wood and others were damaged. The passenger locomotive was partially off the track and was bad v damaged." Noone was hurt save l-ireman Jones, who jumped and was slightly bruised. Engineer Runnell remained at his post while the locomotive plowed ; ts way through the crashing cars and came

I out unseraiehed. In three hours trains were pa sing. j The \ igo Agricultural society has I decided to hold a fair at Terre Haute the first, week in October. The usual fair week in August was devoted solely to the big race meeting, and the October week is to provide the agricultural fair. The nineteenth annual reunion of the “Old Brigade” Association, composed of the Eight and Eighteenth Indiana Infantry Veteran Volunteers i and the First Indiana Battery, will be held at Winchester on the If th instant, that date being the anniversary of the battle of Opequan, or Winches- | ter. Va.